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While Cutting Social Services, Kentucky Gives $43 Million Tax Break To Bible-Themed Amusement Park

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funky chicken5/21/2011 6:47:01 am PDT
Beyond constitutional issues, the tax breaks for an amusement park come at a time when state leaders are asking residents to sacrifice as they cut important social programs. “The state has gone through eight rounds of budget cuts over the past three years,” including cuts to “education at all levels” and a pay freeze for all teachers and state workers. Meanwhile, the state cut funding for Medicaid by shifting enrollees to managed care plans, which often make it more difficult for enrollees to access care while increasing administrative costs by up to 20 percent by adding a new “layer of bureaucracy between the Medicaid Department and providers.”

Well, the people can get those “illiterate, toothless caveman” jobs!