Biden takes on Dems' 'Mission Impossible': Revitalizing coal country

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6. Financially comfortable, perhaps

And since these states work to keep their kids ignorant and uneducated, they may think it's their only choice.

But the fact that Black Lung Disease still exists tells us everything about these "careers."

I'm from Scranton, PA, and the local hospitals had Black Lung clinics up until, at the very least, 20 years ago.

We were at a state park in West Virginia 6-7 years ago - nothing around us but nature. It was spectacular.

We stopped at a gas station/convenience store to pick up a few things. A young man was there buying a 6-pack. He was so covered in coal dust, I was stunned. He wasn't out of his 20s, in my estimation.

We read about it, but we don't realize it's real until we see it.