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A Coal-Processing Plant Closed. Local E.R. Visits Dropped Sharply.
(www.nytimes.com)
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The GOP will see this is a horrible blow to the economy
Clean air is bad for business
Depends on the business. Hospitals? Yes. Tourism? No.
And overall a healthy population tends to be a lot more productive than an unhealthy one.
We can't poison people while taking their labor value and then collect the fuck you haha you're sick and can't pay tax? Communism bad librul tardz
It is! Not only does the coal processing plant no longer increase GDP, but all the sick people have to pay doctors, the medical companies and so forth. /s