This is corruption at its finest. In order to protect his buddy Murray from failure Trump has floated the idea of using laws created while the United States was at war to protect coal. Think about that – in the 1950s, we created laws that would protect people. However, today – these laws are being used to push a technology that will kill people. Of course – a Senator from West Virginia coal country supports it. Stating that using coal is a national safety necessity. This is absolute crap – for one, we have an amazing power grid with many sources of energy. And the reality is – coal simply cannot compete. You’re being stolen from folks.

SOURCEMonths into the Korean War, President Harry Truman capped wages and imposed price controls on the steel industry, seizing authority under a newly passed law to take action in the name of national defense. Now, more than a half century later, Trump administration officials are considering using the same statute to keep struggling coal and nuclear power plants online, according to four people familiar with the discussions who asked for anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

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