Originally Posted by crockett

So the rest of the country has to suffer with bad air quality so Kentucky & West Virginia can destroy entire mountain sides and mountain tops digging out coal? Perhaps if these states did things to attract investors and did things to encourage people to work in new industries they might not be in this situation.

Both of those states are like the Welfare queens whom have 5 kids to get govt substitutes.. They do nothing to advance their states and just expect the govt to give them handouts. Why is it bootstraps never apply to states that are welfare queens?