Originally Posted by
massivewangers
I suppose the next question I'd have to ask would be, how much would it have cost to keep them going?
I've head rumours that some people in the industry were getting paid huge sums, but obviously I have no idea how true it is.
It would have cost to get them re structured etc, but then it would not have needed subsidising. I reckon the cost of restructure would be a drop in the ocean compared to what it cost to close them. Its not just the mines think of the knock on effect it had mate.
As for people being paid huge sums, not the workers!