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Old Testament Libera

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9. I was able to read the whole article, it is depressing

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Sun Apr 20, 2025, 09:45 PM

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I would not want to be in these people's shoes. However coal mining ceased to be a significant employer long ago. They can blame their politicians including Joe Manchin for failing to address their plight, but it is beyond belief that Trump ever could or ever wanted to do anything to actually help them. Frankly, no politician since Lyndon Johnson has ever done much to help them.

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