'I think Trump needs to show his face': Laid-off miners losing faith...

[KY_EnviroGuy]

40. Agree. We don't need to make enemies.

Most of these miners are poorly educated and it's very difficult to relocate. They are emotionally bonded to the mountains and have few skills beyond mining but they are a hard working, dedicated culture. We need to insure they have subsistence and insure there's free trade schools within easy distance to these areas. I would submit that the energy sector should pay that cost because they're making huge profits from the shift to natural gas.

There's not many industries willing to build in the mountains with little infrastructure and access to city amenities. Some that did such as call centers have closed and the jobs sent to India. Furniture making and textiles would both be a good fit but both industries have been taken away by globalization to low wage nations.

Until "American" companies return to caring about America and put people before profit, groups and cultures like these will suffer.

It's a crying shame we have public broadcast systems (TV and talk radio) and churches that have been used for decades as political weapons of war to brainwash millions of Americans with little exposure to politics and the world to think and act against their best interests. People like miners, farmers and manufacturing workers are highly vulnerable to buying into that right-wing dogma because Republicans learned how to use emotional triggers and lies to gain their attention and trust.