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I don't believe in retraining, but tons of immigrants move for better opportunities with very little savings. It's difficult and unfortunate, but it's necessary

• bluefirebrand 1y ago
  People probably should not be forced to behave like desperate immigrants within the borders of their own country though
  • ironman1478 1y ago
    Why not? It'll probably build character. Also, it's happened all the time? People have been doing it for all of America's history. Tons of famous media is about people moving to the city for a better life.
  • 8note 1y ago
    people also shouldnt be forced to bend over backwards to ensure these couple villages never have to change their coal mining ways.
    • zahlman 1y ago
      From their perspective, this should require no effort; it is forcing them to change which requires effort. Of course I want the use of coal to stop. But you need to reckon with these kinds of human factors if you want to effect change peacefully. This is where Clinton failed. Having a documented plan to spend billions (somewhere on the order of 10 years of salary per miner, from numbers I could glean elsewhere in this discussion) doesn't make an impression when you have well-documented sound bites claiming that you intend to put them "out of business".