jobs in coal mineing

[Questions]

Why do we have to chose between a healthy economy and a healthy community?
Why do we have to chose between feeding our families and taking care of the environment?

We shouldn't have to y'all! Few other places have to make choices like this. There are other industries that make it less of a hardship if one of them goes down.

What do you think we could do to bring new industry to this area? What industries do you think would come?

Let's address these questions as a group!(No politics, no bashing from either side, no b.s.) Let's talk about what we can do to make it better here because we deserve better.

[FACT]

do we deserve better, just take a look at the leadership we keep electing to office!! they will never let any industry in here, because they might have to let someone else have some of their power.we as the people here does not have a say in anything

Questions wrote:

Why do we have to chose between a healthy economy and a healthy community?
Why do we have to chose between feeding our families and taking care of the environment?
We shouldn't have to y'all! Few other places have to make choices like this. There are other industries that make it less of a hardship if one of them goes down.
What do you think we could do to bring new industry to this area? What industries do you think would come?
Let's address these questions as a group!(No politics, no bashing from either side, no b.s.) Let's talk about what we can do to make it better here because we deserve better.

[feed my family]

Hooray wrote:

We celebrate and welcome the new jobs coming that will be safer, cleaner, and more profitable.

Im holding my breath.

[Spellchecker]

At least try to spell mining and replacing correctly!

[no difference]

The EPA here is fighting to keep from polluting the environment and going broke while we ship our coal to China so they can pollute the environment and make trillions!!! It defeats the purpose while our families go without food, shelter and basic necessities.

[ghostbuster]

no difference wrote:

The EPA here is fighting to keep from polluting the environment and going broke while we ship our coal to China so they can pollute the environment and make trillions!!! It defeats the purpose while our families go without food, shelter and basic necessities.

And teeth.

[Ai Pappi]

ghostbuster wrote:

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And teeth.

but how does that relaqte to "coal mineing"...lol

asnpother reason to legalize pot, make farmers out of the unemployed, not just weed they could grow food too

[Mythbuster]

FACT wrote:

i know for a fact that 90 percent of the miners make that kind of money and more. some make over 100,000. <quoted text>

Great then after a decade of working they should be millionaires and don’t need the money so fire all of the lazy good for nothings.

Wait I have never seen a miner with a substantial savings account. Why are they all broke or still owe $80,000 on their $20,000 doublewides and I am not talking about the women.

[ghostbuster]

Mythbuster wrote:

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Great then after a decade of working they should be millionaires and don’t need the money so fire all of the lazy good for nothings.
Wait I have never seen a miner with a substantial savings account. Why are they all broke or still owe $80,000 on their $20,000 doublewides and I am not talking about the women.

They don't have a savings but they have a better plan. Stock in four wheelers, stretch pants, bootleg tee shirts and friends of coal stickers.

[help]

Spellchecker wrote:

At least try to spell mining and replacing correctly!

stop being a smart jack

[help]

Questions wrote:

Why do we have to chose between a healthy economy and a healthy community?
Why do we have to chose between feeding our families and taking care of the environment?
We shouldn't have to y'all! Few other places have to make choices like this. There are other industries that make it less of a hardship if one of them goes down.
What do you think we could do to bring new industry to this area? What industries do you think would come?
Let's address these questions as a group!(No politics, no bashing from either side, no b.s.) Let's talk about what we can do to make it better here because we deserve better.

thank you. mobile home factory.furniture factory.online sales free internet in pburg.recycle tires rubber mulch.you get paid to take tires.medical cannabis. hemp at one time ky was largest producer.we have poor leadership.local state and fed.what else?

[Laid Off]

help wrote:

<quoted text> thank you. mobile home factory.furniture factory.online sales free internet in pburg.recycle tires rubber mulch.you get paid to take tires.medical cannabis. hemp at one time ky was largest producer.we have poor leadership.local state and fed.what else?

Yeah, don't forget making solar panels and wind turbines too...I think you may be smoking some of that hemp...

[Hooray]

help wrote:

<quoted text> thank you. mobile home factory.furniture factory.online sales free internet in pburg.recycle tires rubber mulch.you get paid to take tires.medical cannabis. hemp at one time ky was largest producer.we have poor leadership.local state and fed.what else?

I agree except I would rather we use more modular homes rather than mobile homes.

Yep, furniture, textiles, hosiery, appliances, household cleaners, food, electronics...

There are a lot of things that we could be doing instead is sitting around belly aching about what we don't have or what we are losing. We need to get up off our butts and start doing what we can for ourselves. So what if coal is going to be gone soon, there are plenty of other things to be doing.

I forgot about the medical feild and medical supplies. Growing medical marijuanna is a good idea too. This area is excellent for agriculture. Then there is also wine. With the mountains here we are in a perfect place to be producing wine.

The list is endless...if only the people here would give it a try.

[help]

Laid Off wrote:

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Yeah, don't forget making solar panels and wind turbines too...I think you may be smoking some of that hemp...

i said dont be a smart jack. hemp is not for smokeing.

[Mythbuster]

Hold Onto That Thought wrote:

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Sort of like the environmental tree hugging wackos that have descended upon our communities and who are working feverishly to take away the means by which we support our families. That same means that allows us to live and work in these beauitful mountains that we have called home for generations?

So you admit that coal miners are to dumb to do anything else and are nothing more than overpaid moles.

You have made one of the most insulting posts against coal miners I have ever seen.

[Hooray]

Hold Onto That Thought wrote:

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Sort of like the environmental tree hugging wackos that have descended upon our communities and who are working feverishly to take away the means by which we support our families. That same means that allows us to live and work in these beauitful mountains that we have called home for generations?

If it wasn't for these tree hugging wackos as you put it you wouldn't have these beautiful mountains to call home. The coal mongrels would have destroyed it all long ago.

It isn't the tree huggers that are working feverishly to take away jobs its the coal monsters.

[So true]

Yes hooray there are jobs in the mines that pay that kind of money,plus health insurance,retirement. These are jobs that support MANY families in E.Ky, W.V, VA, PA, and more not just here. An with these jobs taxes paid for schools,state aide, soc.sec,you know something you have to work an pay into so hopefully when you are older you can have an income, sure there are ways to improve coal technology, but don't think windmills would wok so great for us. Nobody is asking to be felt sorry for but a chance to feed,clothe,shelter our families. An as for women in coal mining, it is brute labor for the most part but,if any woman has qualifications,work. Nd there has been women in mines but,most cannot do the heavy labor jobs,not criticizing,just human nature that MOST women aren't as strong. Also mines do pay taxes,coal severance, and like I said issues need addressing but not complete annihilation.

[Owe]

Mythbuster wrote:

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Great then after a decade of working they should be millionaires and don’t need the money so fire all of the lazy good for nothings.
Wait I have never seen a miner with a substantial savings account. Why are they all broke or still owe $80,000 on their $20,000 doublewides and I am not talking about the women.

Many owe way more than what you mentioned. They owe $6-8 thousand on that 4-wheeler that they have made six or seven payments on and trying to hide it from the lending institutions. That big bass or pontoon boat there are $17 -20 thousands owed on it and many will let them go back before winter. This will do something wonderful for their already low 60 credit scores. And they still struggling trying to keep that big $50,000 pick-up and that relatively new car. Those two or sometimes three vehicles and that double-wide is their main concern. They know if they can hold on to them and still have their beer nightly and those big T-bones, they have resolved in their minds that the lenders will eventually find their other toys, and so it goes ..........a

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Owe wrote:

<quoted text>Many owe way more than what you mentioned. They owe $6-8 thousand on that 4-wheeler that they have made six or seven payments on and trying to hide it from the lending institutions. That big bass or pontoon boat there are $17 -20 thousands owed on it and many will let them go back before winter. This will do something wonderful for their already low 60 credit scores. And they still struggling trying to keep that big $50,000 pick-up and that relatively new car. Those two or sometimes three vehicles and that double-wide is their main concern. They know if they can hold on to them and still have their beer nightly and those big T-bones, they have resolved in their minds that the lenders will eventually find their other toys, and so it goes ..........a

You have it all mostly right. But they owe any where from $18,000 -$20,000 on those 4-wheelers because a new one cost from $5,000 to $8,000 and in many cases daddy, mommy and Johnny or Alice has one too. When not on the lake on week-ends the family stays in the hills mostly all night and camp out or just use $30 to $40 or more in gasoline riding untill nearly daylight.

[flirt6969]

Man you all are really jealous.