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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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To: Olog-hai
do they think this phraseology will work again ?

"The investments are expected to create or retain more than 3,400 jobs ..."

21 posted on 08/24/2016 8:41:22 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Cole endorsed Trump back in May so he may see a shout-out or two from DJT....it may help. Also led the Senate in over-riding Tomblin’s vetoes on right-to-work and Constitutional carry.


22 posted on 08/24/2016 8:44:53 PM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
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To: Olog-hai

Wow that’s almost 400 jobs per state!
Sure to turn the economy around ...


23 posted on 08/24/2016 9:06:17 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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we shall destroy and then, we'll give you something to feel good about yourselves....

let me tell you,there are only so many jobs out there...most are service related...

they are a pittance to what a full time coal miner would make, and they deserve that for the dangerous job they do...

we're replacing good old "man" jobs with desk jobs, retail jobs, and the like...

24 posted on 08/24/2016 9:09:34 PM PDT by cherry
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To: silverleaf

Will probably be ditch-inspector jobs, or farm pond-auditor jobs.


25 posted on 08/24/2016 9:18:42 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: Olog-hai

Did they increase the Chocolate Ration too?


26 posted on 08/24/2016 9:20:29 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Hillary Clinton has killed FIVE* more People than Three Mile Island. *revised...)
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Yes, from 30 grams to 25.


27 posted on 08/24/2016 9:22:59 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I’d love to be a fly on the wall of any UMW meeting hall when the union thugs tell the rank and file to vote for Her Thighness because their jobs depend on it. OH, WAIT!! What jobs?


28 posted on 08/24/2016 9:34:37 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Olog-hai

Let’s do some cipherin’. $39,000,000 divided by 3400 jobs (in agriculture) is just a little over a grand a job.

“The investments are expected to create or retain more than 3,400 jobs in agriculture, health care, manufacturing, technology and other industries. “

So, they’re spending that money to retain jobs. Obviously a payoff to Clinton supporters to dull the loss of high-paying coal jobs. That $39 million probably doesn’t even come close to the total monthly wages of the former coal miners.

This will just go to Clinton supporters, and not do anything about unemployment in the coal seam.


29 posted on 08/24/2016 9:45:05 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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Sorry for the bad math. It’s about 10 grand.


30 posted on 08/24/2016 9:47:47 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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It’s just a redux of Obama’s “create or save jobs” lie from back in the beginning of his first term.


31 posted on 08/24/2016 10:12:35 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Here is how that “jobs” program works: they hire a few thousand temp employee people to take grant applications and, after all is said and done, only three coal miners end up with job. Meanwhile the organizations/NGOs that helped with the placement l for the jobs walk away with 98% of the money


32 posted on 08/24/2016 10:17:45 PM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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Pathetic. Taxpayers continue to be raped.


33 posted on 08/24/2016 11:23:38 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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This is how the Democrats operate. They enact policies that drive companies out of business. Then, they buy votes by opening up the government trough that tells the desperate citizens they will be saved as long as they vote Democrat. Smart tactics, right? FUDems!


34 posted on 08/25/2016 1:45:03 AM PDT by jonrick46 (The Left has a mental disorder: A totalitarian mindset..)
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there ya go West Virginia, keep supporting Manchin and stand in line for your welfare checks and food stamps.
Hey big Coal, buh bye.


35 posted on 08/25/2016 3:28:23 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Go Trump, Give em hell BABY.)
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Stocking shelves at the Dollar Store doesn’t take much training.


36 posted on 08/25/2016 3:54:39 AM PDT by cp124 (Dollar Store economy.)
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Smart politics on the part of the Dems.


37 posted on 08/25/2016 3:55:34 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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38 posted on 08/25/2016 12:58:07 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Cuckservative: a "conservative" willing to raise another country's ideology in his own country)
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