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Coal towns hit by layoffs to get job grants from US gov't
Associated Press ^
| Aug 24, 2016 5:26 PM EDT
| John Raby
Posted on 08/24/2016 7:52:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Communities in nine U.S. states that have been hard-hit by coal layoffs are being promised more than 3,000 jobs in several industries through a multimillion-dollar federal grant.
Officials for the Appalachian Regional Commission and other agencies announced the 29 projects totaling nearly $39 million Wednesday at a news conference in Huntington, West Virginia.
The investments are expected to create or retain more than 3,400 jobs in agriculture, health care, manufacturing, technology and other industries.
The projects are intended to help communities in Texas and in eight Appalachian states: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. …
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; US: Alabama; US: Kentucky; US: Mississippi; US: Ohio; US: Pennsylvania; US: Tennessee; US: West Virginia
KEYWORDS: climatechange; climatechangehoax; coal; doomage; energy; envirowackos; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; jobgrants; layoffs; necessarilyskyrocket; obama; retraining; waroncoal; waronindustry
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:52:52 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:55:01 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(Make America America again.)
To: Olog-hai
Can the @holes possibly be any more
blatant ?
It ain't gonna work this time !
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:55:35 PM PDT
by
tomkat
(.gov is freedom's greatest enemy)
To: Olog-hai
They could get jobs selling epipens from Bammy’s stash on the black market
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:57:02 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
08/24/2016 7:59:08 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
More like Bull Shit Ready Jobs. WTHeck? Does this make any sense?
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:01:35 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(A woman who votes for Hillary is voting with her vagina and not her brain.)
To: Olog-hai
Grant funded jobs = Welfare = Democrat votes.
Mission accomplished.
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:02:28 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: Olog-hai
So now Hillary t go into the coal states and tell these people the Democrats got you new jobs.
But will they fall for it? Sadly, some will.
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:03:08 PM PDT
by
Angels27
To: tomkat
Just in time for the election.
To: Olog-hai
3,400 jobs paid for with a $39,000,000 grant. Hmmm... that works out to a little less than $11,500 per job.
Questions:
How long does the grant last?
Will leftover taxpayer money be returned if less than 3,400 people get trained?
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:08:45 PM PDT
by
upchuck
(The very worst of Trump is much better than the very best of Killary. Go TRUMP!)
To: Olog-hai
Local pols here in WV are salivating like Pavlov’s dogs over this money.
Just plain ol’ mountain politics, buyin’ votes like the Rats always have in the coal fields.
There’s no love for the Beast here in WV, even without the coal issue. Not a single one of WV’s 55 counties went for Zer0 in 2012. It’ll be interesting to see just how much voter and/or election fraud this money can garner.
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:10:20 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
To: Roccus
Fastball over the middle for Trump. Think Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:11:52 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Olog-hai
Another cynical attempt by Democrats to buy off coal miners yet again.
That dog won’t hunt anymore.
13
posted on
08/24/2016 8:12:34 PM PDT
by
headstamp 2
(Fear is the mind killer.)
To: Paladin2
They could get jobs selling epipens from Bammy’s stash on the black market Nah...Manchin's daughter has that market sewn up.
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:13:00 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
To: Olog-hai
Pay to stay home?
What are these ‘jobs’?
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:15:21 PM PDT
by
Jane Long
(Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
To: upchuck
3,400 jobs paid for with a $39,000,000 grant. Hmmm... that works out to a little less than $11,500 per job. After the politicians and bureaucrats get finished taking their cuts, about $500 per sounds a lot more realistic.
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:17:30 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician, any politician, just say, "Remember Ceaucescu"))
To: Olog-hai
Lame attempt at vote buying.
17
posted on
08/24/2016 8:18:40 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo!)
To: Parley Baer
Just in time for the election. Coinkydink, shirley !
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:18:43 PM PDT
by
tomkat
(.gov is freedom's greatest enemy)
To: Fungi
That's awesome.
And painfuly true.
To: Roccus
I maintain that ole Buck Harless should have ran for Governor back when he was alive. I just hope you that scum bag Justice doesn’t get it
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posted on
08/24/2016 8:28:58 PM PDT
by
StoneWall Brigade
( America's Party! Tom Hoefling/Steve Schulin 2016)
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