The Evils of Coal

By Randy Walters

This past Sunday’s Lexington Herald Leader Newspaper reported again that Kentucky was suffering as a result of coal. In fact, the article said Kentucky spent more on coal associated programs than it took in on taxes from the industry. The lie they are telling is that the only taxes the government receives is from the coal industry itself. They never mention the taxes paid by all the service industries in the coalfields, or the businesses in the coalfields which would not exist without coal.

Would a total economic collapse of eastern Kentucky cost the state? In the eyes of the environmentalist followers it would not. Would middle and lower income Kentuckians suffer from higher power bills if coal was shut down in eastern Kentucky ?

The answers to those questions are so obvious it makes one wonder about the agenda of the people who claim to care about the earth. What about the families they would inflict great suffering upon were they to have their way?

The lives of the people do not matter to the voices who wish to shut down the coal industry. The Lexington Herald Leader, MACED, and all the other groups are willing to lie, juggle numbers, and tell the gullible citizenry anything they can come up with in order to assert their demands on our society.

The papers along with the three major networks have given those people the voice as if they were the majority. It’s the same practice as the Obama Administration’s use of the AMA as an endorsement of the healthcare bill when they actually represent less than one third of the doctors in the country.

Thomas Jefferson saw the possibility for just such damage to our nation and it caused him to write the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution which limited the power of the federal government in the states. It’s a powerful amendment, and if honored by the states can change the direction in which we are headed, socialism.

This February will see a great example of democracy at work in Frankfort . Thousands will gather at the state’s capital to address issues such as coal, gambling, state’s rights, and several other family oriented issues. These issues will be the focus.

The legislators who do not submit to the demands of the people will pay the price. They will be the targets, within their own districts, of a growing movement of Kentuckians. Kentuckians of faith, means, and determination will guide them down the path of democracy, or down the road to home.

The rally is scheduled for Saturday, February 20th so as to allow as many people who wish to attend. Notice will be given if there is any change, and you will be hearing more about it in the coming weeks.
If you want to see our miners continue to work, and our state to be able to stand up for its own rights, please make plans to be there.