Andy Beshear says Kentucky’s economy has “never been stronger", in his State of The Commonwealth address.
Here’s what he doesn’t want you to do: the math.
We’re wasting billions in taxpayer dollars, subsidizing private employers at a cost over $200,000 per job created, while Beshear pads his economic claims with raw numbers that collapse once you adjust for inflation.
When you do adjust?
Matt Bevin actually had a larger economic growth year than Beshear has ever produced.
That context is missing from the speech — but not from this breakdown.