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thomhartmann

(3,979 posts) Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:08 PM Apr 2016

Is the Next Taxpayer Bailout the Coal Industry?

https://www.thomhartmann.com/blog/2016/04/next-taxpayer-bailout-coal-industry

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Is the Next Taxpayer Bailout the Coal Industry? (Original Post) thomhartmann Apr 2016 OP

Gosh I hope not ky_dem Apr 2016 #1

ky_dem

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1. Gosh I hope not

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Wed Apr 6, 2016, 02:24 PM

Apr 2016

Fun fact - the bourbon industry is now responsible for more jobs than the coal industry in Kentucky.

I would hope there would only be a bailout in terms of cleaning up after the coal companies - but I won't hold my breath on that given the state coal companies are currently allowed to leave old strip mines & subsurface mines

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