With US coal jobs decimated despite Trump's promises, groups look to Biden to aid transition.

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NEW 2020 data: With US coal jobs decimated despite Trump's promises, groups look to Biden to aid regional transition https://spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/with-us-coal-jobs-decimated-groups-look-to-biden-to-aid-regional-transition-62622324

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[exboyfil]

1. I have to think of Rorschach in the Watchmen

Rorschach/Walter Kovacs: The world will look up and shout, 'Save us!'

Rorschach/Walter Kovacs: And I'll whisper, 'No.'.


Just kidding, but I still remember Hillary Clinton talking about investment in retraining. She was mocked.

[KPN]

2. What a mess. We need to do something more than the

worn an weary “training” strategy to help those affected by this. Helping people is what our party is about. I don’t have the answer, but training alone isn’t what coal workers want to hear. I wonder whether a targeted UBI strategy would work. Can it be financed in part by corporate and owner assets? Something like this together with substantial policy and financial investments into green energy and other sustainable industry in coal country would go a long way to stabilizing and bettering these communities and might actually even create more Democrats.