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Alexander Of Assyria

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7. The money from coal I got big problems with.

Reply to berni_mccoy (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 20, 2021, 09:02 AM

Dec 2021

But then millions of Americans own oil and gas and coal stocks, mostly indirectly, so thats the economic reality, isn’t it?

People enjoying the fruits of their labour and success if honestly earned I got no problem with.

Is owning shares in a successful listed stock exchange coal company honest money?

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