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muntrv

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52. I saw this post on Daily Kos. Several responders said they had fathers and grandfathers
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 11:38 AM
Nov 2017

who worked in coal mines and they strongly advised their sons against working in them.

they should move to the west, then maxsolomon Nov 2017 #1
They should move east, to the Far East. China is the number one producer and consumer of coal. TheBlackAdder Nov 2017 #19
I have made buggy whips my entire life. guillaumeb Nov 2017 #2
Dream on suckers. oasis Nov 2017 #3
I remember steel in Buffalo New York, Corgigal Nov 2017 #4
I remember steel in Pittsburgh. Dulcinea Nov 2017 #71
Adapt and Overcome. Turbineguy Nov 2017 #5
Monitor and Adjust... Freedomofspeech Nov 2017 #16
They're waiting for their coal jobs to be subsidized by the taxpayers LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2017 #6
Are you willing to have Green Energy lose their taxpayer subsidies? former9thward Nov 2017 #21
Only if oil and nuclear lose their subsidies as well. DetlefK Nov 2017 #35
What pollution does nuclear cause? former9thward Nov 2017 #42
And who paid for that site? DetlefK Nov 2017 #43
The companies are not allowed to use that site. former9thward Nov 2017 #67
Another thread on the subject: elleng Nov 2017 #7
Well then they can't get any fucking HANDOUTS and they can SHUT THE FUCK UP PROMPTLY. Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #8
Lovely sentiment melman Nov 2017 #29
Well, to be fair, it's their own sentiment as well. DetlefK Nov 2017 #36
Thank you JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #53
This is a Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #9
These are the same people NCDem777 Nov 2017 #55
Going to be really honest as one of the Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #56
I can believe it. Duppers Nov 2017 #60
Thanks for your support. Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #61
Yes Duppers Nov 2017 #64
As the old saying goes.... Adrahil Nov 2017 #10
+1,673,285 TheBlackAdder Nov 2017 #18
In urban areas, it's easier to not have to move for a job. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2017 #11
But many of those refusing to retrain PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #30
Unless you have a Skill Set that is Wellstone ruled Nov 2017 #66
But, but, but.... TomSlick Nov 2017 #12
If they want to stick in the fossil fuel industry, the need to move to North Dakota. brush Nov 2017 #13
Is that what you tell people laid off in urban areas? former9thward Nov 2017 #22
Newsflash: There's an oil boom in N. Dakota. Anyone looking can go there. brush Nov 2017 #24
Of course not melman Nov 2017 #28
It is what right wingers tell them treestar Nov 2017 #47
There are plenty of people on this thread saying the same thing. former9thward Nov 2017 #68
I agree, but it may be in reaction treestar Nov 2017 #70
They don't want to move to a different region, which is understandable Amishman Nov 2017 #37
I thought the boom collapsed along with the price of oil? Kaleva Nov 2017 #62
I think it's terrible how they were used... GreenEyedLefty Nov 2017 #14
"Rural Americans" ? Please stop. janx Nov 2017 #15
Exactly MaryMagdaline Nov 2017 #27
Fucking A! I'm 56, and just finished a college degree to stay relevant in the workforce. TheBlackAdder Nov 2017 #17
Good for you BA grantcart Nov 2017 #25
I finished a master's degree at age 47. Dulcinea Nov 2017 #72
Wow! That's cool. I wouldn't have any hair left if I went for a Masters. TheBlackAdder Nov 2017 #73
outsourcing affected rural communities too. OhioBlue Nov 2017 #20
sorry but i'm not cool with destroying the planet so a few thousand people can have a steady Takket Nov 2017 #23
Coal mining is a health destroying job in so many ways. milestogo Nov 2017 #26
This is hardly new. PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2017 #31
Lots of retraining here KT2000 Nov 2017 #32
Well they hope to be recalled to the coal mine. A new employee can make $100000 in doc03 Nov 2017 #33
how about we grow forests of fast growing trees lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #34
You realize coal miners make up less than 1% of rural Americans right? Lee-Lee Nov 2017 #38
if they are right wingers treestar Nov 2017 #46
I'd like to see more workers for the aged: Set a decent minimum wage and healthcare lindysalsagal Nov 2017 #39
Then they can go fuck themselves, every last one of them Orrex Nov 2017 #40
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
right wingers say you should move to where treestar Nov 2017 #45
Some right wingers say that. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2017 #48
could be why they don't want to move to the cities treestar Nov 2017 #49
Yep. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2017 #54
They might get more sympathy NCDem777 Nov 2017 #57
What kind of sympathy am I supposed to have? Adrahil Nov 2017 #63
Regional economic transformation. Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2017 #74
Rural?! It's the County Seat Deb Nov 2017 #50
Move - I did JustAnotherGen Nov 2017 #51
I saw this post on Daily Kos. Several responders said they had fathers and grandfathers muntrv Nov 2017 #52
looks to me like coal miners are rejecting retraining, not "Rural Americans" DrDan Nov 2017 #58
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
Retraining for a low-wage job that will either be outsourced or automated LittleBlue Nov 2017 #69
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