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former9thward

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67. The companies are not allowed to use that site.

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 05:28 PM

Nov 2017

Are you saying the companies should have to pay for something they are not allowed to use? They are happy to get rid of the waste if the government would let them. They do the exact same thing in France and I don't hear anyone complaining about it.

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Rural Americans don't want job training [View all] NCDem777 Nov 2017 OP

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