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In reply to the discussion: Rural Americans don't want job training [View all]Amishman
(5,554 posts)37. They don't want to move to a different region, which is understandable
Last edited Thu Nov 2, 2017, 06:39 AM - Edit history (1)
Learning a new skill doesn't seem helpful as the root of the problem is a lack of other quality jobs in their area. Retraining still means leaving to find a job. To kill off coal, the affected areas need new employers and training assistance.
Moving from a rural area with no jobs to a boom area is extremely difficult financially.
The equity from a nice $120k home in WV is not going to go far in DC metro. Being down on your luck in a poor area means you might not be financially able to relocate to a high cost of living area.
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They should move east, to the Far East. China is the number one producer and consumer of coal.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2017
#19
They're waiting for their coal jobs to be subsidized by the taxpayers
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Nov 2017
#6
Well then they can't get any fucking HANDOUTS and they can SHUT THE FUCK UP PROMPTLY.
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#8
If they want to stick in the fossil fuel industry, the need to move to North Dakota.
brush
Nov 2017
#13
Fucking A! I'm 56, and just finished a college degree to stay relevant in the workforce.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2017
#17
sorry but i'm not cool with destroying the planet so a few thousand people can have a steady
Takket
Nov 2017
#23
Well they hope to be recalled to the coal mine. A new employee can make $100000 in
doc03
Nov 2017
#33
I'd like to see more workers for the aged: Set a decent minimum wage and healthcare
lindysalsagal
Nov 2017
#39
I don't get it. Coal mining is a dirty, dangerous job. The pay can't possibly equal the risk.
Vinca
Nov 2017
#41
"Coal jobs are preferable to those in natural gas, they said, because the mines are close to home"
Buckeye_Democrat
Nov 2017
#44
I saw this post on Daily Kos. Several responders said they had fathers and grandfathers
muntrv
Nov 2017
#52
The trouble is that 'retraining' is a dirty world in the Mid West...when jobs left (stolen) by
Demsrule86
Nov 2017
#59
the false hope is caused by low paying jobs as replacement and fear of the unknown
lovemydogs
Nov 2017
#65