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Coal towns hit by layoffs to get job grants from US gov't
Associated Press ^ | Aug 24, 2016 5:26 PM EDT | John Raby

Posted on 08/24/2016 7:52:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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1 posted on 08/24/2016 7:52:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan


2 posted on 08/24/2016 7:55:01 PM PDT by Fungi (Make America America again.)
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To: Olog-hai
Can the @holes possibly be any more blatant ?

It ain't gonna work this time !

3 posted on 08/24/2016 7:55:35 PM PDT by tomkat (.gov is freedom's greatest enemy)
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To: Olog-hai

They could get jobs selling epipens from Bammy’s stash on the black market


4 posted on 08/24/2016 7:57:02 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: Olog-hai

Coal Shovel Ready Jobs?


5 posted on 08/24/2016 7:59:08 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
More like Bull Shit Ready Jobs. WTHeck? Does this make any sense?
6 posted on 08/24/2016 8:01:35 PM PDT by Chgogal (A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
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To: Olog-hai
Grant funded jobs = Welfare = Democrat votes.

Mission accomplished.

7 posted on 08/24/2016 8:02:28 PM PDT by arthurus
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So now Hillary t go into the coal states and tell these people the Democrats got you new jobs.

But will they fall for it? Sadly, some will.


8 posted on 08/24/2016 8:03:08 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: tomkat

Just in time for the election.


9 posted on 08/24/2016 8:07:26 PM PDT by Parley Baer (")
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To: Olog-hai

3,400 jobs paid for with a $39,000,000 grant. Hmmm... that works out to a little less than $11,500 per job.

Questions:
How long does the grant last?
Will leftover taxpayer money be returned if less than 3,400 people get trained?


10 posted on 08/24/2016 8:08:45 PM PDT by upchuck (The very worst of Trump is much better than the very best of Killary. Go TRUMP!)
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Local pols here in WV are salivating like Pavlov’s dogs over this money.
Just plain ol’ mountain politics, buyin’ votes like the Rats always have in the coal fields.

There’s no love for the Beast here in WV, even without the coal issue. Not a single one of WV’s 55 counties went for Zer0 in 2012. It’ll be interesting to see just how much voter and/or election fraud this money can garner.


11 posted on 08/24/2016 8:10:20 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
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Fastball over the middle for Trump. Think Ohio and Pennsylvania.


12 posted on 08/24/2016 8:11:52 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Olog-hai

Another cynical attempt by Democrats to buy off coal miners yet again.

That dog won’t hunt anymore.


13 posted on 08/24/2016 8:12:34 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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They could get jobs selling epipens from Bammy’s stash on the black market

Nah...Manchin's daughter has that market sewn up.

14 posted on 08/24/2016 8:13:00 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
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Pay to stay home?

What are these ‘jobs’?


15 posted on 08/24/2016 8:15:21 PM PDT by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: upchuck
3,400 jobs paid for with a $39,000,000 grant. Hmmm... that works out to a little less than $11,500 per job.

After the politicians and bureaucrats get finished taking their cuts, about $500 per sounds a lot more realistic.

16 posted on 08/24/2016 8:17:30 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
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To: Olog-hai

Lame attempt at vote buying.


17 posted on 08/24/2016 8:18:40 PM PDT by Ray76 (Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!)
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To: Parley Baer
Just in time for the election.

Coinkydink, shirley !

18 posted on 08/24/2016 8:18:43 PM PDT by tomkat (.gov is freedom's greatest enemy)
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To: Fungi
That's awesome.

And painfuly true.

19 posted on 08/24/2016 8:21:19 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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I maintain that ole Buck Harless should have ran for Governor back when he was alive. I just hope you that scum bag Justice doesn’t get it


20 posted on 08/24/2016 8:28:58 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade ( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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