[TheRealThing]

I don't know about the center of the universe, Whitley County :biggrin:, but I can offer some pretty damning statistics for Kentucky in general. And BTW, of the statistics posted in the article below, (said article is a very good read), the jobs lost during the Obama/Beshear tenure, are of the high paying variety such as are necessary to raise a family and further enable the worker to actually be a contributor to society and join the ranks of the US taxpayer.

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"A report by the American Action Forum found that under the Obama administration coal mines shed 3,702 jobs from 2008 to 2013 and power plants shed 39,684 jobs. Coal mine jobs have slid even further since then, from 76,100 in January 2014 to 71,300 last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Most of these job losses are concentrated in just a few coal-heavy states, according to AAF. Kentucky, for example, lost 644 power plant jobs from 2008 to 2103 — a 37 percent reduction in the plant workforce. Coal mines have been hit even harder, losing 5,188 jobs during that time — a 31 percent reduction in the mine workforce."
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/06/coal-i...z3sd2T3EMQ

Therefore, the point Run made is valid despite Motley's attempt to prop up the near sighted praises that tvtime wanted to lavish on Beshear. The 280 jobs coming into Whitley County in the past 7 years are minimum wage jobs but the jobs lost were career-quality jobs. In other words, you can cut some people's pay to the bone while at the same time saying they just got promoted but, it's hard to make them believe that when they get their paycheck. Likewise, you can tell me ObamaCare works all you want, my insurance premiums, copays, and deductibles still doubled. It's a matter of basic math.