Opinion: What Ocasio-Cortez gets about coal that Republicans don’t
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez . By Paul Waldman Paul Waldman Opinion writer covering politics Email Bio Follow Opinion writer April 19 at 2:35 PM Spats between members of Congress are seldom worth much attention, but an amusing one that happened between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Garland “Andy” Barr tells us a lot about how Democrats and Republicans think about the past, present and future of the American economy — and the best ways to help those who struggle in it.
What that had to do with coal miners was anyone’s guess. But it turns out there are no active coal mines in Barr’s district anyway, which underscores her point. The second reason Barr is wrong is that coal jobs aren’t threatened by the Green New Deal, because they’re almost gone already. There are two main reasons: automation, which means many fewer workers can mine the same amount of coal; and falling prices of natural gas and clean power, which have made coal less competitive.
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