deanrd
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Even coal mining is being automated.It's very simple. A professor or department would have to certify that a degree in the field of study will lead to employment.
If after two years, one third or more of graduates holding this degree have not found employment in which the degree is beneficial, the entire course is eliminated.Factory jobs have been substantially reduced because of a global economy and automation. Businesses can manufacturer many products much cheaper outside the USA. Donald Trump and Ivanka continue to use off shore manufacturing for products they sell. The USA manufacturers and distribution centers are becoming more automated reducing jobs. Coal demand is being reduced by cheaper options like oil through fracking and natural gas.Yes we need Coal Miners and factory workers but less than in the past and the demand is declining and will continue to decline. That is why there are so many unemployed coal miners and factory workers. There are still professional basket weavers but the demand is declining. There are still jobs making buggy whips. The key is to have a skill where there are as many jobs as there are people with the skill.Umm no it's not. You can't live without machinists and coal miners. Just because a job isn't happening in front of you doesn't mean you can get by without it being done.A degree in basket weaving, sadly, is the equivalent of being a coal miner or a machinist or many other manual jobs that are declining or have gone away.Liberals are such children. Tell them that their expensive education in Early Celtic Transgender Basketweaving is worthless and they will immediately scream back "you don't want me to be a heart surgeon!"
If the critics of worthless degrees must look at those with worthless skills as the same.
The key is to have a skill or a degree that will get you a job
Democrats killed factory worker and coal miner jobs by increased business taxes driving factories off-shore and tyrannical EPA regs on fossil fuels, coal in particular.
Simple minds have a hard time comprehending the real world so they blame things to make it easy on themselves
Robotics, driverless tech are taking over mining jobs
It's just less expensive, more efficient, less dangerous and more reliable.