‘Kentucky Needs a New Deal’: Charles Booker Outlines Plan to Defeat Rand Paul, Abolish Poverty
“‘You are part of something big right now,’ Booker told attendees, before going on to sketch the contours of the Kentucky New Deal, a sweeping vision for how to harness the power of government to improve the lives of working people throughout the Commonwealth. It centers on delivering clean water, quality healthcare, affordable housing, broadband internet, fully funded public education, living wage jobs in sustainable industries, and more to all Kentuckians—’from the hood to the holler,’ as Booker likes to say.
Despite the sacrifices made by Kentucky’s multi-racial working class, he noted, the promise of widespread prosperity has not been realized, and in fact hardship is growing more acute.”