Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Biden to coal miners "Learn to code." [View all]Blue_true
(31,261 posts)I for one think that there is plenty of jobs of the future in coal country. The key is that a leader has to be chosen that see their problems and figured out a way to help them move forward instead of lying to them.
I live in a part of Florida that transitioned from a natural tourism industry to a healthcare and healthcare science industry by taking advantage of what was naturally happening in the region. People in coal country need consistent healthcare and dental care. They live in some of the most beautiful country in the nation. They have specific healthcare needs like lung and heart illnesses and high incidents of diabetes. In providing for their immediate needs, a skill leader can build several new industries throughout the region, they can become world leaders in treating lung and heart illnesses and building advanced medical devices and medicines that help in both, there are plenty of patients to help and learn from, as well as young people that can be trained to take the local jobs that start developing, all that is needed is a leader instead of a lying charlatan. Biden campaigned his ass off for Steve Beshear, hopefully Governor Beshear will have some programs going on in coal country to help miners and their children transition to a sound future, his father made a lot of progress in coal country before that asshole Blevin undone some of the progress.
Coal country can become a leader in some forms of specialized healthcare and dental care (advanced dental composites and techniques for installing the composites into people's mouths), as well as Eco-tourism (a thoughtful leader helps fund bed and breakfast industries that cater to city people that visit) and medical tourism (people from around the world come for treatment of lung, heart and diabetes ailments that coal country transforms into being a leader treating and doing research in). Yes, a lot of it is difficult, but no more difficult that bringing free college to the whole nation, stuff that you think is totally possible. It is just a matter about how people want to see problems, do they take the route of my area of Florida, or do they say that change is impossible and buy in to lies.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden