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If they did not commit a crime, why are they being punished?
Don't worry: once you get used to treating children like cattle their lives become subject to cost benefit analysis... and culling becomes a viable option.
Besides, Trump is merely enforcing the immigration laws laid out by Hussein. Enforcing the laws is the mans job.
That is a lie, of course. But that's off topic.
The President is responsible for implementing and enforcing the laws written by Congress and, to that end, appoints the heads of the federal agencies, including the Cabinet.
The Nazis were great for some Germans for a little while,
“What we’re hearing from our leadership, as well as the rank and file, is we’ve got a future,” said Luke Popovich, a spokesman for the National Mining Association. “We’re back in business.” No one is naïve enough to think that coal will return anytime soon to its glory days, when it fueled more than half of the nation’s electricity generation, employment reflected robust production, and coal was fetching high prices in overseas steelmaking centers such as Brazil, China, Japan and South Korea, Popovich said.
But after eight years of President Obama and environmental policies the industry considered hostile, coal leaders believe Trump is putting them back on a level playing field with natural gas and other cleaner forms of energy. “What has happened, I think, is it has given the industry and investors the assurance that at least their government is not going to discourage production and we only have to deal with the marketplace,” Popovich said. “Instead of having to fight natural gas, subsidized renewals and our own government, now we are at least free to compete in the marketplace. That has been the big change as far as we’re concerned.”
originally posted by: UKTruth
2017 saw the largest increase in coal production since 2001.
Cherry pick the losers all you like if it helps you feed your hatred.
EIA expects total 2017 U.S. coal production to be 773 million short tons (MMst), 45 MMst higher than in 2016 and the largest year-over-year tonnage increase since 2001. Coal prices across the United States rose as well, especially for Central Appalachian coal. An increase in demand for U.S. coal exports more than offset a slight decline in U.S. coal consumption, contributing to higher coal production in 2017.
originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: TrueBrit
Some folks care about their credibility and integrity. The complete fallacy that is the Trump=Hitler is the sure fire way to plunge that credibility into the dirt.
Similar to this quote:
MAGA folk aren't going to stop being fantastically wrong about everything in the world,...
Demonstrably false as well.
originally posted by: MetalThunder
OP proves ONE thing
"IF" this was true, it illustrates the damage and long term effects of a horrible 8 year run by the previous Administration that attacked this industry.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: UKTruth
So the increase you're touting is 45 MMst over 2016? LOL. What is that about 5%
Arfificially stimulated by the government pouring millions into the industry?
Right. Well done.
An appeal to emotion is always fallacious, not matter where it comes from.
/shrug
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: MetalThunder
OP proves ONE thing
"IF" this was true, it illustrates the damage and long term effects of a horrible 8 year run by the previous Administration that attacked this industry.
How long has coal production been falling again?
Seems like it was longer than 2009-2016. According to a post above, it has been falling since at least 2001.
Are you sure it was the Obama Adminsitrations fault?
That doesn't seem very reasonable.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
originally posted by: MetalThunder
OP proves ONE thing
"IF" this was true, it illustrates the damage and long term effects of a horrible 8 year run by the previous Administration that attacked this industry.
How long has coal production been falling again?
Seems like it was longer than 2009-2016. According to a post above, it has been falling since at least 2001.
Are you sure it was the Obama Adminsitrations fault?
That doesn't seem very reasonable.
originally posted by: Gryphon66
a reply to: UKTruth
I don't need to remind you that correlation doesn't equal causation.
Coal is not a sustainable resource really, is it?
Are you faulting businesses for moving on to better solutions?