About Those Coal Miners, And The Nat. Endowment For The Arts

[Althea]

If a coal miner's tax dollars shouldn't pay for PBS, then should an auto worker's tax dollars pay to clean up yet another toxic coal sludge disaster?

Discuss.............

[Althea]

• For the last three years, the top three domestic coal companies have consistently reported record profits. Peabody Energy, the largest private-sector coal company, posted record revenue in the year of 2008, with a 45% increase in profits from the 2007 year. Despite an uncertain economy, Peabody’s profits tripled in the first quarter of 2009. Arch Coal Inc., the third largest producer, had a net income of $354.3 million in 2008, double their income of 2007. Yet the government continues to hand out billions in tax breaks and subsidies (see chart).

http://www.taxpayer.net/library/arti...y-of-subsidies

[domer76]

If a coal miner's tax dollars shouldn't pay for PBS, then should an auto worker's tax dollars pay to clean up yet another toxic coal sludge disaster?

Discuss.............

There may not be any more disaster. With Trump gutting the EPA, there may be no more regulations to violate. No regulations = no disasters

[Minister of Truth]

If a coal miner's tax dollars shouldn't pay for PBS, then should an auto worker's tax dollars pay to clean up yet another toxic coal sludge disaster?

Discuss.............

The coal miner's tax dollars pay to clean-up oil spoils and car battery disposal.

[Althea]

The coal miner's tax dollars pay to clean-up oil spoils and car battery disposal.

Car batteries are recycled, and the lead re used. Hell...I got $15 bucks for old deep cycle batteries at the height of the scrap market a few years ago.

Oil spills have nothing to do with auto manufacturing, but you make a great argument when trump asks if oil drillers' money should fund Big Bird.

[PostmodernProphet]

Car batteries are recycled, and the lead re used. Hell...I got $15 bucks for old deep cycle batteries at the height of the scrap market a few years ago.

Oil spills have nothing to do with auto manufacturing, but you make a great argument when trump asks if oil drillers' money should fund Big Bird.

the most obvious question is whether coal miner's taxes or auto worker's taxes or bakery owner's taxes or banker's taxes should fund big bird.......