As President Trump tries to revive the United States coal industry, research has found that closing a coal facility can improve local health.

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        Depends on the business. Hospitals? Yes. Tourism? No.

        And overall a healthy population tends to be a lot more productive than an unhealthy one.

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      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

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      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