Well, the half that voted for the pain will get what they wanted.
The rest will just have to make do, and we will. Tough times don't last, tough people do!
I'll throw my hat in with a Mountaineer any day, if they'll have me. (I am an honorary citizen of WV, BTW. I married a WV woman!) 
I KNOW they will emerge victorious!!!! 
So will all those that populate a state that mines or farms. They KNOW what hard work feels like.
She's from McDowell county if I remember? They grow their ladies tough as nails down in those parts. Pretty as all get out too.

You welcome over on this side of the border anytime, DD. WV done gone and elected the most reps in the state legislature since like 1912. We are slowly throwing all the new fangled lib dems out of the state gummint. I predict that by the next election when all the coal miners are unemployed down in south WV and our electric rates skyrocket, the dems are gonna be a minority in the state legislature. Our state ain't doing too bad on the financial front too. We are cutting taxes, cutting spending, the whole nine yards. That is with conservative dems in power. Wait until the reps finally take over.
I can see the shit hitting the fan in the next 5-10 years and all the pavement apes, black, brown and white, from up north thinking they gonna come down here and take what is ours are gonna get their ass shot off.