Coal miners who voted for Trump realizing his commitment to them ended with putting on that hard hat

[Miles Archer]

THAT WAS THEN:

THIS IS NOW:

Trump seeks to axe Appalachia social programs, causing worry in coal country

President Donald Trump has proposed eliminating funding for social programs supporting laid-off coal miners and others in Appalachia, stirring fears in a region that supported him of another letdown on the heels of the coal industry’s collapse.

The 2018 budget proposal submitted to Congress by the White House on Thursday would cut funds to the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the U.S. Economic Development Administration. The Washington-based organizations are charged with diversifying the economies of states like West Virginia and Kentucky to help them recover from coal’s decline.

The proposed cuts would save the federal government $340 million and come as the Republican president seeks to slash a wide array of federal programs and regulations to make way for increased military spending.

But they are perceived by some in Appalachia as a betrayal of his promises to help coal miners.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/03/trump-seeks-to-axe-appalachia-social-programs-causing-worry-in-coal-country/

[beachbum bob]

1. Democrats must turn this into 2018 massive victories...

Conservative screwing of 200 million Americans must have election consequences

[Drahthaardogs]

2. Whoops

Buyers remorse?????

[LisaL]

3. They thought the rich guy sued countless times was going to help them?

The joke is on them.

[Kimchijeon]

4. Yep, what a shocker

[Thrill]

5. Idiots

[Phoenix61]

6. He lied?

Say it isn't so.

[Doodley]

7. They thought the man who said ban Muslims and lock up Clinton spoke their language.

Now they realize that there is more to choosing a president than picking a hate-filled moron who was born with a silver spoon up his arse.

[Thrill]

8. Beginning to see the guy they hated

Is the one that actually cared about them.

Oh and forget about those black coal checks from the ACA as well

PBO says hello

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Appalachia forgot who really saved their

Collective asses the first time around. They were warned in the Sixties of what to expect and most chose to just ignore reality.

[Doreen]

10. They forgot: Think before you vote.

[Solly Mack]

11. They forgot their ancestors who died fighting to make life better for them.

The fight for unions, the fight for safer conditions, better pay. The fight for a chance to live a decent life. Just a chance.

They broke free of the company store only for their grandchildren, great-grandchildren and gr. gr. grandchildren to bow down to the company store.

There is no greater wrong for anyone in Appalachia - than to shame that memory.

Republicans/Trump represent everything evil about the company store - because they are the company store. (I alone...can save you. I own you. You owe me. You'll never be free. Shut up and work. Work. Die. Work. Die. - Die. Die. Die.)

You forgot the warnings.

You forgot who you really are and where you really come from.

You forgot.

[Crunchy Frog]

12. Tragic betrayal of their forefather's and mother's struggles.

But at least I get to enjoy some schadenfreude out of the deal.

[Mr. Ected]

13. They weren't just voting for Trump, they were voting against "LIBS"

They hate libs, they hated HRC, not just because of their own biases, but because they were brainwashed by decades of radio and TV blather that demonized Democrats, distorted truths, and gave them a sense of comradery with the very people that wish them ill....the 1%.

No sympathy, no mercy. Eventually, they'll blame the Democrats for their own demise, using the same Trumpian anti-logic as applied to wiretapping, Obama's birth certificate, etc.