Functional illiterates in the sense that Kentucky has about 20 percent of its population which is considered by its own state officials as functionally illiterate. People who are incapable of filling out a job application, performing basic tasks, having problems doing basic math, writing and understanding logic.
Sure we could say that its going to be coal or alcoholic beverages or automobile parts which you can find those statistics on what is Kentucky’s biggest export products. However, I would have to say that a lot of people end up leaving Kentucky and moving to other states and end up taxing our states social welfare programs. Especially social welfare programs that should be meant for people who are physically and severely mentally disabled and not for people that refused to get an education in school and learning basic tasks to get along in life.
That is the real problem with Kentucky is that a high percentage of Kentucky residents are on the government dole and have been for generations. They want to blame the state government which does truly suck but its more than that and it involves the local communities in Kentucky producing next to nothing economically except people that end up going to the government office to apply for either a welfare check or a social security check when they are physically able to obtain a job and even mentally able if they are not lazy to get an education and move elsewhere.
They’ve had 80 plus years as a bottom tier state in Kentucky to make up their minds and improve education and finding people that want to achieve rather than sitting around collecting a government stipend every month. Instead, the state does little to attract paying jobs to rural communities in many places in Eastern Kentucky but also many other rural areas. So instead in order to sustain some level of social stability, these people are encouraged by local leaders to go sign up for government benefits including Social Security Disability and SSI that they really shouldn’t be entitled to since they are not physically disabled or suffering from a real mental issue.
That is the problem with Kentucky and the true nature of much of Kentucky society that its easier there than just about anywhere to get social disability assistance even though a high percentage of these people could work or at least work part time to help pay taxes and pay for their own upkeep. There’s no excuse when you could be getting an education and stop making excuses for the reason why you can’t pick up some books and take classes to better yourselves including trade school or whatever else you have to do. The Social Security Disability needs to go to people who really have legitimate disabilities and real physical problems not people who want a free ride because they refuse to pick up some tools and earn an honest days living. I was 18 years old and 3 days out of school and had my first full time job and within 2 weeks of that I was working in the automotive industry while also attending college. There is no excuse and only if you are physically maimed or disabled and instead they help out deadbeats that refuse to work anywhere.
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