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Building trades spent the past five years preparing for an offshore wind boom that went bust. Now, U.S. workers mourn the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back.

I'll note that the reason construction is ending is that Trump is using taxpayer dollars to pay companies to not build wind farms

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[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 30 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Can we leave Trump behind instead? Preferably in a ditch, filled with concrete?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

It’d be an insult to Hoffa

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 4 points 4 weeks ago

Any of you can do this, I don't think he can run very fast

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 weeks ago

So move to a non shithole country.

[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Why don't workers see them coming back?

[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd imagine because they don't see the US ever being considered a stable place to invest in again, especially by high- and clean-tech companies.

[–] eyesaremosaics@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 weeks ago

Well, they did get paid..

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

the well-paying careers they don’t see coming back

Just go somewhere that doesnt have completely braindead people in government.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 22 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I’ve never even been able to afford to go on vacation outside the United States, what on earth makes you think I can afford to move somewhere else? And that’s assuming that I can get the visa sponsorship necessary to even do it.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 weeks ago

Perhaps the free market vote-with-your-legs thinking or some other naive shit like that.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 4 weeks ago

Can you afford to stay?

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I fear such a place does not exist.

You know what, fair point.

[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Immigration is a big lift. And often not legal.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago

I would hope for a skilled worker such as this, it would be an easier job to immigrate, but yeah it’s often not as easy as people make it out to be