JAW-DROPPING: Coal's Colossal Comeback (35,000 jobs added since October)

Doug Ross @ Journal ^ | April 19, 2017 | Stephen Moore

[zencycler]

Mostly because of well-timed bombing announced over the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake you have ever seen!

[Celtic Conservative]

The fact that China has quit buying N. Korean coal has to have helped as well..

CC

[2ndDivisionVet]

I love a good slice of chocolate cake.

[pepsionice]

So, those experts back in November and December, who said that with the Trump presidency...coal jobs were permanently lost and Trump would not be able to bring them back....they were wrong? Oh my.

I can remember at least two foundation idiots, and some environmental PhD nut who were on news shows and said it was a waste of time to think coal jobs would ever return....to be permanently lost.

[Paulie]

-—As a Washington Times editorial put it very well recently, “The left gave up on the 100,000 coal workers in America more than a decade ago.-—

The left “gave up” on coal workers? The author must be kidding.

The left actively worked to DESTROY coal and enjoyed seeing the workers with nowhere else to go suffer.

[2ndDivisionVet]

So they thought we would leave 500-1,000 years of energy in the ground because they were against it?

[hal ogen]

All lefty “experts” always mis-predict. What fools. LIB lunatics. Always worthy of ridicule...but tiresome.

[proud American in Canada]

Hillary’s statement that she would get rid of coal jobs was probably one of the most stupid statements any politician has ever said.

[proud American in Canada]

:)

I do love our president’s tendency towards hyperbole. It would be fun to have dinner with him. :)

Although, wIth him, it probably actually was the most beautiful chocolate cake ever! ;)

[nathanbedford]

Regulation reform, especially as applied to the coal industry and the oil patch, is key to reinvigorating the economy. A vigorous economy provides virtually our only hope of avoiding a fiscal crisis because of our debt and deficit situation. We might be able to grow our way out of this mess with energy leading the way and reform in trade and taxes (including repatriation of foreign funds) stimulating as well.

Since there is no inclination anywhere in Washington, including the Trump administration, for cutting any entitlement and plenty of inclination to increase spending on military, infrastructure, and, perhaps, Ivankacare, growth has to come from somewhere.

[Sacajaweau]

Just a reminder to Hillary as to why she lost Pennsylvania.

Hillary.....Good, hard working folks don't like being threatened.

[okie 54]

Sadly it took voting twice for 0bama and seeing their livelihood disappear for the coal miner to finally realize the Democrats care more for perverts than the miners

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I guess President Trump has a magic wand after all.

[BobL]

...and these are SERIOUS JOBS. I suspect even bottom-level coal miners make over $100k with just a small amount of overtime. Once they’re back in big numbers, entire regions of the US will be thriving up again.

[meatloaf]

Stupid is as stupid does. Was there ever any doubt?

[meatloaf]

Based on a report that pipelines are at capacity, any increased demand for electrical power will not be satisfied immediately by natural gas. That leaves coal or nuclear.

[NorthMountain]

The three largest coal producing States (Wyoming, West Virginia, and Kentucky) NEVER voted for 0bama. Obama’s victories in Pennsylvania came from black gibsmedats and dindu-nuffins in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, not coal miners in Appalachia.

[Chode]

35,000 votes for Trump in 2020

[GnuThere]

But the MSM and Saturday Night Live said they don’t want those jobs, they want fancy tech and white collar jobs!