Kentucky is part of Appalachia [View all]
Appalachia including the part I live in, has ALWAYS been hardscrabble for jobs that offer a decent wage. There is no reason that moscow mitch and other politicians in Kentucky have to sell out their country to create jobs in a depressed area.
There were aluminum plants in TN, WV, and Ohio that created jobs and stimulated the local economies for decades, since the late 1950s. Then they closed. The ceos got nice retirements (I heard that (ratface) emmitt boyle got about $30,000.00/day and he managed to close 3 of the plants on his own.
Why does one politician get to decide to sell the whole country down the river? He brokers a deal that allows russia undue influence in the whole country and if other KY politicians oppose the plant out of loyalty for the U.S.A., they end up being the bad guys and opens the door for even more russian interference in our country. When it didn't happen before. And now the same russian that bought KY is offering the same kind of deal to 8 other states.
The even crappier thing is that russia's economy isn't even close to the U.S. economy, at least before trump and putin got their filthy hands on it. We have allies who would do business with us. We didn't need russian termites invited to nest in our house.
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