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2016-10-27 Economy

Montana Coal Town Fights For Survival [VIDEO]

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-27 00:58|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 Gun and bible toting bittereinder conservatives. These deplorable people need to be ~~re-educated~~ retrained and moved to new coastal or urban jobs. The land and resources belong to everyone.

[sarc off]

Posted by Besoeker 2016-10-27 01:07|| 2016-10-27 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 The unions did the same thing to Raton, New Mexico and its coal mine with ridiculous demands of pay and benefits. Raton is a shell of its former self.

Regulations (mostly environmental) shut down the Anaconda copper mine in Butte Montana. Which is now a mere husk of its former self.

Leftists of every flavor everywhere have already made their peace with the notion that if they can't have everything they want, they will burn down the universe.

Posted by no mo uro 2016-10-27 08:16|| 2016-10-27 08:16|| Front Page Top

#3 The outsiders work to shut these facilities down because it doesn't effectively impact them in any tangible way that they can see.

They also don't have to live with the immediate or sustained consequences, driving their solar powered cars and whatnot.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-10-27 09:23|| 2016-10-27 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps if Big Coal united for a shutdown midwinter to teach the grid a lesson....

Posted by Frank G 2016-10-27 20:45|| 2016-10-27 20:45|| Front Page Top

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