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In reply to the discussion: Why do coal miners want to continue working such a horrible, dirty job? [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)62. This is without a doubt
One of the most condescending posts I have ever read.
The Left keeps asking "Why don't working class whites vote for us, we have their real interests at heart."
Then statements like this are made. You have insulted an entire group of people, their way of life and their means of livelihood. But, that's OK isn't it?
BTW, the environment is not the first issue of concern for many people.
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Why do coal miners want to continue working such a horrible, dirty job? [View all]
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
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But there's no guarantee that those people eased out of their jobs will have another job.
Lars39
Aug 2016
#37
I'm sure not but that's up to the miner to accept the risk and nobody else.
yeoman6987
Aug 2016
#123
Our young kinds once did the same thing w/ Detroit & the midwest for factory jobs.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#93
I'm sure it's a great fear, but there are alternatives to supporting Trump
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#4
"Google’s plans to build a data center on the site of a recently closed coal plant in Alabama..."
EL34x4
Aug 2016
#144
They probably do realize coal mining is on way out, but they hold on. And it's a GOPer state.
Hoyt
Aug 2016
#7
Oh, I was just going where many other posters took you before I could get back to this.
Brickbat
Aug 2016
#164
I think people underestimate how little flat land there is for 'new industry'.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#84
Some people work hard, some people work smart. People aren't all the same; there are differing
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#12
Well, I think we can safely say it's not the influencers and tech moguls who support trump
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#20
Trump doesn't have a job. He's a con man, and that's not a job. No one would hire him or
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#33
This is why I really hate the BS neo-liberal "education and retraining" talking points.
Odin2005
Aug 2016
#102
Can't make cannons without bronze or iron, and after you've cut down all your trees...
hunter
Aug 2016
#70
Hate to say it but Nuclear Energy is the only way to clean up steel production
FreakinDJ
Aug 2016
#113
I think a thread like this is good now and then. Not everyone knows everything or has the
underahedgerow
Aug 2016
#71
its a job...can't fault any one for wanting to work even though its not a great job
beachbum bob
Aug 2016
#18
Gee, thanks for the insight. The question is-- is money the only reason they want to keep doing
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#22
That's kind of like asking why poor people in inner cities don't leave.
TexasMommaWithAHat
Aug 2016
#38
I've nothing against the men who do these jobs! It's about an industry that is dying and should die
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#163
<-- Great granddad was a UMWA organizer at War Eagle, Maetwan, and Yeager. :) n/t
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#98
The demand for coal has dropped by a third in the USA - the only option would be to export coal
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#179
It's out of date in the US, unless you want to pollute the world to export it
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#180
The Democratic Party is rapidly becoming the party of educated white collar people on the coasts.
Odin2005
Aug 2016
#105
You have to be kidding - what about the flooding going on now in Louisianna
womanofthehills
Aug 2016
#181
I'm from Coal Country, and I picketed for the UMWA before I could walk. Have a seat.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#77
Mountain top removal is a nasty process, too. Both literally, ethically, and environmentally.
X_Digger
Aug 2016
#92
Because there are no guarantees anyone will support them and their families while they look for work
Agnosticsherbet
Aug 2016
#109
Because they need to make a living and that's the only job skills they have
davidn3600
Aug 2016
#155
I have nothing against the common man -- but the coal industry has to end
Fast Walker 52
Aug 2016
#162
If you have a HS education and can earn 100,000 a year in an area where the average wage is 15k
hollowdweller
Aug 2016
#176