How Mitch McConnell Gave a Sweet Deal to Coal Industry ...
Dec 26, 2019· While Moscow Mitch steers millions toward business ventures with oligarchs, many in Appalachia want lawmakers to realize that a hike in the excise tax of per ton for surfacemined coal and per ton for undergroundmined coal would eliminate the debt in the Fund completely by 2050, according to the General Accounting Office.