Why we can’t have nice things
It’s time to talk about what really happened with last year’s federal tax cuts:
- How some of the richest Americans got a big break.
- How the rest of us got stuck with a government that’s deeper in debt—$2 trillion more debt over the next 10 years.
- How we are now less able to pay for things our rural communities really need for economic growth, such as infrastructure.
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Should Foreign Companies Be Able to Buy Access to WV Lawmakers?
WV House Majority Whip, Paul Espinosa, has been hired as ‘public relations’ spokesperson for controversial plant proposed in his own district.
Danish owners of the Rockwool plant being built in Jefferson County ran into strong objections from residents—so, what did they do? It appears they bought themselves a politician.
Read More ShareOpioids: The Ultimate Betrayal
Pharmaceutical companies—drug makers, the companies that distribute them, the doctors who prescribe the medicine—are supposed to be saving lives. How could they betray us and hand out addictive drugs like candy, destroying people’s lives? Shouldn’t government watchdogs have protected us, our families, our communities?
Read More ShareWho is working for whom in government?
Who is working for whom in state and federal government, which is funded by our tax dollars to help our people? State lawmakers rushed through a bill that cuts more than $12 million in state revenue to bail out a bankrupt company in hopes of keeping an uncompetitive coal-fired plant running.
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