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bathroommonkey76

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3. The brainwashed poor will suffer the most.

Reply to NYETNYET (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 21, 2017, 02:15 PM

Apr 2017

Coal ain't coming back- It doesn't matter if these people in Kentucky voted for Trump, or not. They would have been better off wishing on a falling star.

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Can Donald Trump keep his promises on US coal? [View all] bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 OP

Slightly optimistic NYETNYET Apr 2017 #1

The brainwashed poor will suffer the most. bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #3

Coal has been replaced by natural gas, which right now is cheaper and just as plentiful. Eyeball_Kid Apr 2017 #2

They need to do what PGH did when the steel mills went under. Train for something else. appleannie1943 Apr 2017 #4

This package mentioned the solar jobs in this area have more workers bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #5

I agree totally. Not only would they have good jobs, they would be a lot safer and healthier in the appleannie1943 Apr 2017 #7

I read that the Appalachian mountains have to the potential to be a wind energy... Crowman2009 Apr 2017 #8

Yep paleotn Apr 2017 #10

Nope Lotusflower70 Apr 2017 #6

Ummm, no. paleotn Apr 2017 #9

Like he's kept all the rest of his "promises?" Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #11