>>16040080The mines were closed because there's nothing left to mine, retard. They depleted a natural resource over the course of a few decades, then blamed the government for "taking away" their job. Nobody took that job, the job was finished. The coal mining industry mined all of the coal, pocketed the cash, and fired the workers. End of story. If you work in construction and finish building a house, you don't pretend the people that bought the finished home "stole" your job. The job has been completed.
