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Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future' by John Gage | Decem
« on: December 30, 2019, 10:41:05 pm »
Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future'
by John Gage
 | December 30, 2019 05:21 PM

2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said miners need to find "jobs of the future" when talking about transitioning the economy away from fossil fuels.

"Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well," Biden said Monday during a campaign event in New Hampshire, according to the Washington Post's Dave Weigel. "Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for god's sake!"

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    Biden riffing on how Obama put him in charge of judging the "jobs of the future" suggests re-training miners as coders.

    "Anybody who can go down 3000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well."

    This sort of "just transition" stuff was murder on Clinton in 2016...


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    This sort of "just transition" stuff was murder on Clinton in 2016...

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    But Biden returns to the same point: "Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God's sake!"
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Re: Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future' by John Gage | D
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2019, 10:47:33 pm »
Personally as a middle aged guy I would really resent being advised I should sh*tcan all my work experience gained over the years and start from scratch in a field where my competition is being imported from abroad by the thousands by the very same people offering me this great advise.
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Re: Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future' by John Gage | D
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2019, 11:03:35 pm »
Well, that should lock in the UMW vote...
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Re: Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future' by John Gage | D
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2019, 12:29:46 am »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on December 30, 2019, 11:03:35 pm
Well, that should lock in the UMW vote...

My cousin and particularly his wife are ardent blue-collar union Democrats.

Or rather were. On her facebook page yesterday she posted a big old .gif heavily supportive of Trump

If he could convert them, I can easily see millions more doing the same.
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Re: Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future' by John Gage | D
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2019, 12:39:20 am »
Quote from: skeeter on December 30, 2019, 10:47:33 pm
Personally as a middle aged guy I would really resent being advised I should sh*tcan all my work experience gained over the years and start from scratch in a field where my competition is being imported from abroad by the thousands by the very same people offering me this great advise.
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Re: Biden tells miners to 'learn to program' in order to find 'jobs of the future' by John Gage | D
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2019, 12:43:43 am »
As someone who works as a developer trust me the need for developers is shrinking.
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