I wonder how/if the states of these workers will reemploy them

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        They are so cold because there is no coal to keep them warm… much sadness indeed.

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    Remember one of Trump’s first moves was to subsidize coal mines in west Virginia? Instead of paying for miners to retrain for a new skill with that money he kept an industry everyone knew was dying running. And everyone says “he’s a business man” no “business man” would keep an unprofitable industry in business.

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      The same businessman who is such an utter business failure that he has resorted to declaring bankruptcy SIX times. Checks out.

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    I’m surprised 1 million people still work in coal. Edit: 1 million globally. Makes more sense

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    Good! That frees those workers up to do something else useful for society!

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    It’s almost like there could have been another industry similar to this that existing workers could have gotten training for. ☀️