About 34 days ago, before any “official” lockdown, There was already a lot of small businesses closing. This was before I believed we had crossed the line and killed the economy. But I said to my friends, “States live off tax income - and much of that is sales and income tax. If people stop earning and spending, the states are going to see their income collapse. And unlike the fedgov, they can’t print money.
In KY, Bevin lost because he was trying to save the state’s economy by making some tough choices regarding state pensions (ours were, I believe, second worst only behind Illinois). The teachers hated him so much (even the conservative ones) that they successfully got our states previous, corrupt governor’s son elected, beating Bevin by 5,000 votes out of 1.5 million. And here we are.
Looks like he’ll be a one termer too. It was comical how some of our female friends - even republican ones - were posting pictures of themselves and their husband on facebook, with Beshear’s face over their husband’s. It was creepy.
He was popular even though the only thing he actually did was approve four new abortion clinics in a state where the sole clinic was on its last legs. This is a strong pro-life state. Once the polish fades, this guy is going to be in deep water in popularity, I suspect.
That is truly bizarre.