In the movie "It's a Wonderful Life" the main character, George Bailey provides affordable loans to low income families to buy homes. Corrupt banker, Mr. Potter seizes an opportunity to destroy Bailey and incarcerate him
Bailey decides to commit suicide but is stopped when his guardian angel Clarence shows him what his hometown Bedford Falls would look like if he were never born. In real life America's guardian angel has provided an opportunity for Americans to see what America will look like if the duopoly is successful in destroying the candidacies of Alan Grayson and Paul Nehlen. That example is Kentucky.
The November gubernatorial election in Kentucky "stunned the nation" when tea party candidate Matt Bevin became the second Republican governor since 1971. Bevin had been trailing his Democratic opponent in the polls, but when the electronic tallying machine spit out the results, Bevin had won 53 to 44%, a 15 point comeback.
Governor Matt Bevin ran on a religious quid pro quo platform. At the time Bevin was running for office there were two religious cases winding their way through Kentucky's court system. One case involved extending $18 million in state tax breaks for Answers in Genesis' religious theme park which planned to limit hiring to Christians only.
Bevin campaigned on a promise to secure $18 million in tax breaks for the biblical theme park called Noah's Park. The park is the pet project of Australian-born Christian Fundamentalist Ken Ham president of Answers in Genesis. Bevin slashed Kentucky's budget for colleges and universities requiring tuition hikes and layoffs to expand I-75 where Ham's Ark Encounter amusement park is located.
Bevin has earmarked $62 million in TIF bonds to pay for the construction of Ham's biblical theme park. The purpose of TIF or Taxpayer Increment Financing is to revitalize "blighted" communities and to attract developers and create jobs. If those laid off university professors want a job at Ham's creationist park they have to teach that Jesus rode on dinosaurs.
Developers receive interest free loans, then rather than the property taxes going back to the community, the tax revenue is diverted to pay off the loan. If the project fails the investors and taxpayers must repay the loan.
So the question is, will America have a revolution in 2016? Has America had enough? It's up to you America, join the revolution and take America back starting with electing Senator Alan Grayson and Congressman Paul Nehlen.
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