Analysis: The entire coal industry employs fewer people than Arby's

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

“My action today is the latest in a series of steps to create American jobs and to grow American wealth,” President Trump said earlier this week before a group of coal miners.

Trump was announcing the rollback of several Obama-era environmental regulations that would have affected industries such as coal mining. Trump has repeatedly claimed that over-regulation has led to a decline in coal-industry jobs.

“I made them this promise,” Trump said at the signing. “We will put our miners back to work.”

Experts in the industry have already pointed out, repeatedly, that the coal jobs are extremely unlikely to come back. The plight of the coal industry is more a function of changing energy markets and increased demand for natural gas than anything else.

The chief executive of the nation's largest privately held coal operation told the Guardian earlier this month that Trump “can't bring back.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/analysis-the-entire-coal-industry-employs-fewer-people-than-arbys/ar-BBz6vRz?ocid=edgsp

[JHan]

1. coal miners are a demographic Trump targeted, the numbers matter little

Statistically insignificant looking at the numbers alone when compared with other sectors ( like the service sector), but symbolically important when you consider that it is coal the WWC has relied on for fairly good paying work.