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nakocal

(627 posts)

1. West Virginia has NEVER benefited from its coal.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Sun Mar 22, 2015, 06:11 PM

Mar 2015

While the coal from West Virginia may have helped build the nation the state of West Virginia has NEVER benefited from its coal. If you look at its poverty which has been endemic since it became a state you have to ask what happened to the money made from the coal. It certainly never managed to get into the pockets of the residents of West Virginia. Yet the majority of its citizens will still vote for the republicans who policies have kept them ignorant and poor for generations.

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Coal State of WV in Transition to Solar Energy [View all] Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

West Virginia has NEVER benefited from its coal. nakocal Mar 2015 #1

Sorry to bring facts into the discussion. iandhr Mar 2015 #2

A lot of Fox news watching Republicans now though. mackdaddy Mar 2015 #3

No doubt iandhr Mar 2015 #4

Dems weren't always so liberal, esp south of Mason-Dixon line. And being a poor, exploited Dem does Panich52 Mar 2015 #5

Agree with you 100% iandhr Mar 2015 #6

Except that the owners of the coal mines have historically been republicans nakocal Mar 2015 #7