Will Trump put the coal miners out of business?
       |           

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
June 01, 2024, 10:39:15 PM
News: Election Simulator 2.0 Released. Senate/Gubernatorial maps, proportional electoral votes, and more - Read more

  Talk Elections
  General Politics
  U.S. General Discussion (Moderators: The Dowager Mod, Chancellor Tanterterg)
  Will Trump put the coal miners out of business?		 « previous next »
Pages: [1]
Poll
Question: Yes or no?
#1
yes		  
#2
no		  
Show Pie Chart
Partisan results
Total Voters: 22

Author Topic: Will Trump put the coal miners out of business?  (Read 602 times)
Greedo punched first
ERM64man
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 12,814


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« on: November 07, 2017, 06:31:28 PM »
Will Trump actually save coal jobs, or will he also put them out of business by not actually helping them?
Logged
IceSpear
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,840
United States


Political Matrix
E: -6.19, S: -6.43

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2017, 06:32:24 PM »
I reject the premise. Smiley The free market Smiley put them out of business.
Logged
Greedo punched first
ERM64man
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 12,814


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2017, 07:12:02 PM »
Trump's budget would eliminate funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission. This includes the power program that would help coal country.
Logged
🦀🎂🦀🎂
CrabCake
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 19,345
Kiribati


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2017, 07:34:11 AM »
He could save the coal industry, but he won't save the miners.
Logged
i4indyguy
Rookie
**
Posts: 171
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #4 on: November 10, 2017, 10:51:04 AM »
Quote from: IceSpear on November 07, 2017, 06:32:24 PM
I reject the premise. Smiley The free market Smiley put them out of business.

Yeah, even if Trump 'tries' to help them, I would expect total coal employment to diminish over the 4 years of his presidency.  They got screwed by math long before Obama took office.
Logged
RINO Tom
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 17,069
United States


Political Matrix
E: 2.45, S: -0.52

Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2017, 10:55:58 AM »
Time will put coal miners out of business, and it is nobody's fault/everybody's fault.
Logged
Shadows
YaBB God
*****
Posts: 4,956
Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2017, 11:19:58 AM »
Some technology has been outdated, as has some industries. Coal in the future will largely be seen in Museums.
Logged
Stranger in a strange land
strangeland
Atlas Icon
*****
Posts: 10,209
United States


Show only this user's posts in this thread
« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2017, 03:13:37 PM »
He might help the industry hobble along for a few more years, but ultimately coal - especially Appalachian coal - is doomed.
Logged
Pages: [1]  
« previous next »
Jump to:  


Login with username, password and session length

Terms of Service - DMCA Agent and Policy - Privacy Policy and Cookies

Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Page created in 0.226 seconds with 13 queries.