Corporate welfare leads to widespread injustice in Martin County, over and over again | Kentuckians For The Commonwealth

Corporate welfare leads to widespread injustice in Martin County, over and over again

Nina McCoy | Op-Ed
September 13, 2019
Lexington Herald-Leader

State dignitaries came to Inez last Thursday bearing gifts. Before a select group of invited luminaries from the state and local government, they announced money “they” would bestow upon Martin County.

Seemingly unrelated stories of a dilapidated water system, an empty industrial park, and a carpentry classroom left desolate in a brand new school provide clear evidence of the folly of the trickle-down, “job creator,” billionaire boondoggles that have hollowed out the American dream across this whole country.

Martin County is not an outlier. It is a microcosm of what the Wall Street-anointed politicians like our governor have been doing to this country for the last 40 years: making a mockery of our democracy as well as the core ideals of true capitalism.

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