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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 861405" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>[h=2]<a href="http://moonbattery.com/?p=445" target="_blank">Coal Mine Operator Ronnie Bryant Goes Galt</a>[/h]</p><p>“My name’s Ronnie Bryant, and I’m a mine operator…. I’ve been issued a [state] permit in the recent past for [waste water] discharge, and after standing in this room today listening to the comments being made by the people…. [pause] Nearly every day without fail — I have a different perspective — men stream to these [mining] operations looking for work in Walker County [Alabama]. </p><p>They can’t pay their mortgage.</p><p> They can’t pay their car note. </p><p>They can’t feed their families.</p><p> They don’t have health insurance. </p><p> And as I stand here today, I just … you know … what’s the use? </p><p>I got a permit to open up an underground coal mine that would employ probably 125 people. </p><p>They’d be paid wages from $50,000 to $150,000 a year.</p><p> We would consume probably $50 million to $60 million in consumables a year, putting more men to work.</p><p> And my only idea today is to go home. </p><p>What’s the use? I don’t know.</p><p> I mean, I see these guys — I see them with tears in their eyes — looking for work.</p><p> And if there’s so much opposition to these guys making a living, I feel like there’s no need in me putting out the effort to provide work for them. </p><p>So as I stood against the wall here today, basically <em>what I’ve decided is not to open the mine.</em></p><p> <em>I’m just quitting</em>. </p><p>Thank you.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 861405, member: 12952"] [h=2][URL="http://moonbattery.com/?p=445"]Coal Mine Operator Ronnie Bryant Goes Galt[/URL][/h] “My name’s Ronnie Bryant, and I’m a mine operator…. I’ve been issued a [state] permit in the recent past for [waste water] discharge, and after standing in this room today listening to the comments being made by the people…. [pause] Nearly every day without fail — I have a different perspective — men stream to these [mining] operations looking for work in Walker County [Alabama]. They can’t pay their mortgage. They can’t pay their car note. They can’t feed their families. They don’t have health insurance. And as I stand here today, I just … you know … what’s the use? I got a permit to open up an underground coal mine that would employ probably 125 people. They’d be paid wages from $50,000 to $150,000 a year. We would consume probably $50 million to $60 million in consumables a year, putting more men to work. And my only idea today is to go home. What’s the use? I don’t know. I mean, I see these guys — I see them with tears in their eyes — looking for work. And if there’s so much opposition to these guys making a living, I feel like there’s no need in me putting out the effort to provide work for them. So as I stood against the wall here today, basically [I]what I’ve decided is not to open the mine. I’m just quitting[/I]. Thank you.” [/QUOTE]
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