NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - Population growth in the U.S. state of Kentucky has lagged behind the rest of America overall for much of the last 75 years. New investments will drive overhauls everywhere from upstate New York to Ohio to Illinois, reinventing parts of the country that languished for decades and redistributing the U.S. workforce – but at a cost to companies. The Inflation Reduction Act, meanwhile, earmarked $30 billion in corporate tax credits to produce solar panels and renewable energy components domestically.