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On the recordMarch 22, 2015
It just doesn't make sense to have our entire economy based on one thing that is subject to these boom-and-bust cycles.
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John M. Richardson
South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need for economic diversification beyond coal.

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