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In reply to the discussion: Rural Americans don't want job training [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(14,868 posts)44. "Coal jobs are preferable to those in natural gas, they said, because the mines are close to home"
That's pretty much the explanation, right there.
Complaining about people in rural communities not wanting to move isn't much unlike people complaining about folks in poor inner cities not moving to areas with better employment opportunities. Both groups tend to be poor too. Some of the poorest counties in this country are in rural areas that used to offer coal mining jobs.
Rural voters are more likely to vote for Republicans, however, so it's understandable that they'd receive less sympathy here.
Edit: States like West Virginia USED to vote for Democrats fairly recently. Lack of sympathy for their situation didn't help matters.
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They should move east, to the Far East. China is the number one producer and consumer of coal.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2017
#19
They're waiting for their coal jobs to be subsidized by the taxpayers
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Nov 2017
#6
Well then they can't get any fucking HANDOUTS and they can SHUT THE FUCK UP PROMPTLY.
Kirk Lover
Nov 2017
#8
If they want to stick in the fossil fuel industry, the need to move to North Dakota.
brush
Nov 2017
#13
Fucking A! I'm 56, and just finished a college degree to stay relevant in the workforce.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2017
#17
sorry but i'm not cool with destroying the planet so a few thousand people can have a steady
Takket
Nov 2017
#23
Well they hope to be recalled to the coal mine. A new employee can make $100000 in
doc03
Nov 2017
#33
I'd like to see more workers for the aged: Set a decent minimum wage and healthcare
lindysalsagal
Nov 2017
#39
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
I saw this post on Daily Kos. Several responders said they had fathers and grandfathers
muntrv
Nov 2017
#52
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