Matt Wuerker for October 08, 2021

that is right Joe , the coal industry is entitled to do whatever it wants in the name of the all mighty dollar

Too bad that coal has no real cost advantages in energy production any longer as the [actually] clean, numerous, renewable sources do.

Too bad Manchin makes millions off his coal industry investments.

So it’s entitlements if it is for the poor but not the rich.

Manchin thinks he is entitled to thwart the will of the majority.

Behold: the anal sphincter who wants to be boss , holding up the vital functions of the body.

’’Entitlement’’ is just one of those dog-whistle words/phrases.

When a family asks for food stamps, they’re beggars. When some defense contractor wants a ‘’make work’’ contract, they are marvelous fellows, upstanding members of the community.

A ‘’make work’’ contract, is exactly what it sounds like. And they do exist. In every part of the Fed and State govt.

The taxpayers are entitled to pay for cleaning up the mess left behind that poisons them.

Touche, Senator Manchin!

…AND entitled to have those jobs forever. No retraining for other professions, ever.

Is “entitlement” Manchin’s middle name?

Very well said Matt!

W. VA gets more federal money per capita than any other state.

But Trump said it was clean coal, you know the wash it and everything.

Nice one, Matt. Just another reminder for us to question if Manchin knows who he is supposed to be trying to help improve their lives. I don’t believe that a DINO does.

The coal mines are going to close. They have been closing for decades. And, the guy who went to work in one right out of high school in 1990 is unlikely to qualify for one of the new clean energy jobs that will replace those jobs. However, we first knew that the coal mines were not an option with a bright future around 1960, so he, and most certainly his kids, should have grown up knowing that they would need to find other jobs, and the clean energy industry will be gaining jobs they can aim for. Coal miners being thrown out of jobs they expected to sustain their families isn’t a real thing going on. It’s just right wing propaganda.

Manchin sucks!

The way our system “works”, all those coal workers who got saddled with chronic health problems from working their lives in the industry are also entitled to have the parent company sell off their benefits package to a separate company, which will declare bankruptcy from “too much debt” and screw them all over by refusing to pay for any more medical expenses. https://www.fastcompany.com/90381145/coal-companies-are-going-bankrupt-what-happens-to-the-pensions-theyve-promised-miners

Joe feels he’s entitled to the yacht that somebody bought for him.