Kentucky Community Hopes Trump Infrastructure Plan Will Fix Water System

[Cattledog]

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/13/516874465/kentucky-community-hopes-trump-infrastructure-plan-will-fix-water-system?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170313

In Martin County, Ky., the water intake pulls from a river heavily contaminated by sewage and years of coal and gas extraction.

Josie Delong, a resident of the county, says she used to drink tap water until a doctor told her it could be the cause of her health issues.

"I had really, really bad bleeding ulcers to the point where I was actually blacking out," she says. "So I go to my doctor. The first thing he tells me is, 'Contaminated water. How's your drinking water?' "

Now, she says she does all she can to avoid drinking from the tap. She even puts bottled water in her children's bathroom when they brush their teeth.

[Wounded Bear]

1. Hold on to that hope...

perhaps that'll be worth a few million dollars in your city's repair plan. I wouldn't expect to get much from Trump.

[riversedge]

3. Trump is going to Kentunky. He will promise to fix it you

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. As long as he fixes that problem and ignores all others, they will be happy.

[EllieBC]

2. I thought conservatives were all about a weak federal government?

And all about stronger state and local? So by that thinking shouldn't they be wanting their state to fix their water?

[D_Master81]

20. only

only when its Dems in power. when they get in power they love to use the fed gov't. when Bush was in office there was massive increases in spending and the size of the fed gov't. Now in fairness to some conservatives I know, this is why they didnt care for Bush by the end of his 2nd term.

[gratuitous]

4. Ms. Delong, I suggest you hope in one hand and shit in the other

I'll lay you 10-1 odds on which one fills up first. The poor woman had bleeding ulcers that would cause her to black out, and finally went to the doctor. I wonder if she finally decided to go to a doctor because of the brief period when Kentucky took the Medicaid expansion?

The report doesn't follow through on Ms. Delong very far, but I wonder if she has connected the dots between her health problems, the toxic drinking water, and government spending priorties? If she has, will she be working to change the political climate in Kentucky? I hope she does. She certainly has more than enough cause to be motivated.

[AJT]

5. Well, at least they'll have Trumpcare.

[Lucinda]

6. ...

[IdiotsforPalin]

7. LMFAO are you kidding me? Talk to Flint MI...........

[Initech]

15. Or the people here in California who are praying for rain!

[sinkingfeeling]

9. But 45 just said coal dust in your drinking water is fine.

[drray23]

10. they have not yet caught up with the scam ?

Some people are really slow. Trump wont do any of that. He is trying to kill the EPA and they recently rescinded the clean water act.

[world wide wally]

11. Don't hold your breath if Trump can't make a buck off of it

[nikibatts]

12. What plan? Oh, you mean the one that builds the WALL?

[WhiteTara]

13. ...

What fools.

[lindysalsagal]

14. Send him to Flint, Michigan.

[JustAnotherGen]

16. Ha!

With what money lady? He can't afford it! fistbump

[Canoe52]

17. Yeah, 45 will fix it...

Move along, nothing to see here, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

[we can do it]

18. Are these people delusional?

[TeamPooka]

19. I love Southern Comedy. That's some funny shit from those people. hahahahahahaha

Maybe they should see what Scott Pruitt really thinks about their water.