{"id":1576866,"date":"2022-07-28T14:55:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576866"},"modified":"2022-07-28T14:55:59","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T18:55:59","slug":"manchins-spending-bill-shafts-coal-miners-with-massive-tax-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchins-spending-bill-shafts-coal-miners-with-massive-tax-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchin\u2019s Spending Bill Shafts Coal Miners With Massive Tax Hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmanchins-spending-bill-shafts-coal-miners-with-massive-tax-hike%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1576866&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the nation\u2019s second-largest producer of coal, is backing a spending bill that will more than double certain taxes on coal mining.<\/p>\n<p>Section 13901 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22122279\/inflation-reduction-act-of-2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bill<\/a>, dubbed by Democrats as \u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act of 2022,\u201d increases the tax per ton of coal coming from underground mines from $0.50 to $1.10 and also hikes the tax on surface mines from $0.25 to $0.55. The new bill accomplishes this by changing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/26\/4121\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tax code<\/a> and striking down a subsection that reduces the tax on coal production.<\/p>\n<p>If the bill passes the coal tax will remain at the higher rates. The proceeds of the tax will finance the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bill has provisions that discourage coal use as well as many others that provide an unfair advantage to alternative energy sources,\u201d Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at The Competitive Enterprise Institute, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. \u201cThere\u2019s virtually nothing in this bill likely to bring energy costs down, and quite a few measures likely to push them up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7487922\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7487922\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7487922\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-600633154-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7487922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 SEPTEMBER 08: Miners Protection Act sponsor Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) addresses thousands of members of the United Miner Workers of America as they gather for a rally on the National Mall September 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>West Virginia accounted for 13% of the nation\u2019s total coal output, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/state\/print.php?sid=WV#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20West%20Virginia%20was,nation%2C%20after%20Wyoming%20and%20Illinois.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, making it the nation\u2019s second-largest producer of coal after Wyoming. Coal mining supported nearly 27,000 jobs in West Virginia and was responsible for $2.1 billion in employee compensation in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/researchrepository.wvu.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1326&#038;context=bureau_be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a West Virginia University study.<\/p>\n<p>Coal-fired electric plants also accounted for 88% of West Virginia\u2019s net electricity generation in 2020, according to EIA.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin touted his support for the bill in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchin.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/manchin-supports-inflation-reduction-act-of-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>\u00a0Thursday, claiming that the package will lower energy costs and shore up American energy security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis bill would be bad enough even if Americans weren\u2019t struggling with sky-high energy prices right now, but downright shameful given that they are,\u201d Lieberman stated.<\/p>\n<p>Manchin\u2019s office did not immediately respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Sen. 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