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OftenBen  ·  2916 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Retired Coal Workers losing their insurance, pensions

The bums are going to keep asking for handouts.

You give it to them, they find a way forward themselves, or they come to the gates with torches and pitchforks.

I don't see other options for the future, unless suicide/overdose rates for these areas climb dramatically.