Tag: White House Council of Economic Advisors

White House economists say US coal program costing taxpayers

US coal program loopholes shortchange taxpayers By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) – A U.S. program meant to encourage coal mining on federal land is open to industry abuse and costs taxpayers billions of dollars in lost revenue every year, a White House study to be released on Wednesday concluded. Roughly 40 percent of U.S. coal […]