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Documentary Shows Why Coal Mine Voters Believed Trump
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December 8 - 21, 2016
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When Blood on the Mountain was released in Los Angeles and New York this past November, the Los Angeles Times called it a “grim documentary” that provides a “sobering early autopsy of a dying business.” The New York Times, “a clumsily made attack on the coal industry in West Virginia,” that benefitted from the recent election of Presidentelect Donald Trump. Random Lengths News, however, calls the film a hard-hitting analogy for what happens to communities held in the clutches of unchecked corporate power and greed. The film takes on special significance considering that during the 16 months leading up to the Nov. 8 general elections, as a presidential
While running for president, Donald Trump repeatedly called attention to plans by air conditioning and heating manufacturer Carrier Corp to move production to Mexico, costing about 2,100 U.S. jobs. He threatened to “tax the hell” out of Carrier’s air conditioners, lambasting politicians for foolishly trying to prevent such job loss by giving companies incentives. It was a key feature of Trump’s larger argument that, “We will offer a new future, not the same old failed policies of the past.” But on Dec. 1, Trump caved into Carrier, delivering yet another round of the same failed policies he had denounced. Thanks to a $7 million tax-incentive, i.e. bribe, from his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, Carrier’s parent United Technologies, will keep about 800 jobs in Indiana, while shipping 1,300 to Mexico. Carrier also indicated that Trump’s promise of yet more corporate tax cuts—another failed policy—also
By Melina Paris, Contributing Writer
The plight of West Virginia coal miners is the focus of a new documentary, Blood on the Mountain.
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