Posted on 06/19/2017 9:32:43 PM PDT by Hojczyk
people applied for the first wave of jobs that will pay from $50,000 to $100,000, Dethlefsen said.
In a region where the median household income is $29,050, and nearly 12 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, the economic injection is huge.
‘I don’t think people outside of our small town understand how life-changing this development is.’ - Greg Griffith, coal miner It also creates a ripple effect: For every new job generated by the mine, even more jobs like waitresses, hotel workers, barbers or grocery workers are needed to support the community.
“The money essentially stays here in our hometown,” said Greg Griffith, owner of Griffith Excavating, who was working the mine last week with his crew. He has hired new people to take on the workload and will employ even more as the other mines open.
“I don’t think people outside of our small town understand how life-changing this development is.”
He’s right about that. Just days after the event, progressives on Twitter slammed the mine, comparing the opening of an energy-supplying coal pit to the launching a VCR factory in the digital age. In their minds, it’s a waste of time.
And the response from the people of Acosta? Stop treating other Americans like the enemy.
But many Americans aren’t aware of this modernization. So having a president who believes in this industry, and rallies publicly for it, means a lot. Trump has “created an optimism in the business community that has trickled down from big companies to small, and for all of their workers,” Dethlefsen said.
It’s this support that compelled the people of Somerset County to give Trump their vote. His loyalty won them over months ago, and it won’t be forgotten in a hurry.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
He is getting jobs in states he needs to win again
I'm not dismissing Trump's coal mining initiative.
Why does she think I am?
Send her a freepmail and tell her that. She’s a member here, but hasn’t posted for a while.
Caution though: She’s a Western PA girl. Not sure you could handle her.
Andrew “Dice” Clay once went through this long litany of how tough and evil Philadelphia was in his stand-up and then added “and that’s the chicks.”
Yup. I call this the employment spider web. There's more to the employment picture than just one firm. The surrounding infrastructure can be enormous.
Yinz all better worsh yer potty mouths out n’at, ya jagoffs!
The media only seems to recognize coal as a fuel. It has many more uses.
She's a grandmother and you're not a dirtysecret, you're a dirtyoldtransgender:)
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