“Legalizing coal again should restore 50,000 jobs.”
Over 150 coal plants have been shut down by Obama’s EPA.
Energy costs have gone up, and coal associated business have aid people off.
Easily 50,000 jobs have been effected. That is probably the number of jobs lost at the electricity plants. Toss in the number of coal mining and railroad jobs lost and that’s probably half that again.
Let’s not forget the multiplier effect of bringing back these (reasonably high-paying) jobs: They will pay taxes and stop (or significantly reduce) taking government money, thus reducing deficits (which helps to reduce interest rates and make more projects profitable); they will buy cars, clothing, eat out more, use more medical services, etc., etc. This will create a boom in the economy (not even including the extra energy production, which will lower energy costs, which is like a giant tax cut across the economy).
Now consider oil - the same kind of effects can be anticipated, perhaps more, as new areas are opened to exploration and improved fracking/drilling technology comes on line.
WINNING - I like it!