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re: Why was coal country still democratic well into the 1990s and early 2000s?
Posted on 12/5/16 at 9:41 pm to cameronml
Posted on 12/5/16 at 9:41 pm to cameronml
quote:regulations raise the marginal cost of producing to the point where the coal companies lose money when they are forced to sell at the market price in the energy market.
What killed their way of life was an unwillingness to change or retrain themselves in the face of free markets and technological innovation. Trump isn't bringing those jobs back.
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