Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Are y'all working every day at those Coal and Steel jobs your prez PROMISED to bring back to you? Living in the lap of luxury are ya? Happy?
Oh yeah! Their beloved came through for them and now the y can cruise through the rest of their lives worry-free! Thank you for your reply Ele and this photo which is really hard to look at. Not your fault. This is what being lied to looks like. This is what poverty is. Courtesy of the one and only goofydoofylucy! :(
There were under 50,000 coal miners in Jan 2017. Down roughly 36,000 from 86,000 when Obama took office. There are now over 52,000 coal miners....it is increasing slower but surely.
Since Paul Harvey is no longer with us, here is "the other part of the story."
The increase in coal jobs began before Trump was elected. The job gains in the coal sector during the final five months of the Barack Obama administration -- an administration that Trump’s camp blamed for waging a "war on coal" -- were actually slightly larger than the equivalent number for the first five months of the Trump administration, namely 1,400 versus 1,300.
Moreover, good and bad times in the coal sector tend to stem more from industry-specific developments and international factors than domestic policy changes, experts said. "Coal mining is a highly cyclical industry, making it hard to attribute ups and down to policy or political factors," Kolko said.
Yes. Let's pretend it is the 50's. Let's go back to how the 50's prospered. Too bad money isn't about coal any more or steel for that matter. Lots of countries have steel. Oh Happy Days!
Meanwhile the Farmers here are starving thanks to Trump deciding it would be cool to start a tarriff war with China. China is answering with food import for starters. FOR STARTERS.
Rosie, I thought of something.
Russia helped us lose the election-- but CHINA will help us get our Democracy back. Here is why. They are targeting Trump's base over there in China. China is carefully targeting Trump. They are tracing the gerrymandered funk of the GOP, Trump's base AND hitting them where the electoral votes are.
The farmers are going to pay. They are going to go broke. They are just the beginning of influence that China can have over Trump without having to sneak and break any laws. Like Russia. Trump got in bed with the wrong dictator.
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