Three of the ten democratic candidates in the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky participated in an hour long KET forum Monday night. Ways to tackle income disparity were discussed.
Stanford farmer and educator Mike Broihier favors enacting a universal basic income policy. “If we’re going to give money to anybody, here’s a choice. We give it to corporations or we give it to people. You give money to people, to the middle class, to the working class to the working poor, they spend that money, they spend it local,” said Broihier.
Former Marine Amy McGrath says labor unions have been undermined. She supports upping minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour over time. “I propose we do things like make work pay, the work that people are already doing,” noted McGrath.
Louisville State Representative Charles Booker was raised in the city’s west end. He was asked if he can relate to rural issues in eastern Kentucky. “Living in the west end of Louisville is much more in common with Appalachia than it is with the rest of Louisville with high concentrations of poverty that is generational. We need to invest in people,” said Booker.
Kentucky’s democratic and republican primaries are scheduled June 23rd.
