The Black Lung Disability Trust Fund collected $429 million from taxes on coal mine operators and disbursed $183 million to affected miners and families in 2017. But the fund's debt exceeds $4 billion due to interest payments and the coal tax rate is set to decrease in 2019.
Lessons learned 40 years after a monumental tax law
Kim Rueben
Richard C. Auxier
A Citizen's Guide to Tax Policy
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