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Also, those mines are heavily subsidized, basically $80K per year in subsidies / tax breaks per miner. Effectively they're being paid a government wage to keep
by Joeri 6y ago
Also, those mines are heavily subsidized, basically $80K per year in subsidies / tax breaks per miner. Effectively they're being paid a government wage to keep mining.
What you're seeing here is a large section of the population that likes the idea of coal mining, and willing to spend a lot of tax money to keep that idea alive.
- lotsofpulp 6y agoA large section of those states’ populations maybe. On a national level, they’re only relevant because of their ability to swing votes from one party to the other.