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by Tangurena2
1091 days ago
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> their job is completely gone Here in Kentucky, there are lots of people who worked in coal mines for several generations ("grandpa was a coal miner, dad was a coal miner, I'm a coal miner and my son will be a coal miner"). Coal is going the way of buggy whips. It is a dying industry. Automation is replacing some, and a collapse of customers wanting coal are getting rid of more. There are state and federal programs to help retrain workers. Yet the men affected frequently refuse the retraining. People still complain about the times in 2016 when Hillary campaigned and promised more retraining with stuff like "how dare that carpetbagger come here and tell us how to live" |
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