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I think rural America needs more than retraining programs, though you're correct that Donald Trump has made no mention of what he's actually going to do for coa
by wavefunction 9y ago
I think rural America needs more than retraining programs, though you're correct that Donald Trump has made no mention of what he's actually going to do for coal workers.
They need new and dynamic industries that treat the employees with respect and agency. Something entire communities can benefit from.
- krapp 9y ago> Donald Trump has made no mention of what he's actually going to do for coal workers. He apparently plans to revive the coal industry by repealing environmental regulations and to put them back to work mining coal[0,1]. [0]https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/business/coal-jobs-trump-appalachia.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/business/coal-jobs-trump-... [1]https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-27/trump-s-order-won-t-resurrect-jobs-of-miners-key-to-his-campaign https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-03-27/trump...
- wavefunction 9y agoForgive me for saying so, but I don't believe that's much of a realistic plan. Which to me is no plan at all.
- krapp 9y agoIt's not even remotely realistic, it's a populist fantasy. Nevertheless, that is the plan, to somehow force the world to turn the clock back on globalism to a time when American coal, steel and auto workers were relevant, and to beat back the tide of modernity until the world makes sense again.