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S. 373, A bill to facilitate and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the excise tax unconstitutionally imposed on coal exported from the United States (20 comments ↓)
S. 373 would facilitate and expedite direct refunds to coal producers and exporters of the excise tax unconstitutionally imposed on coal exported from the United States.
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Michael
This was not a tax. It was an unconstitutional taking of money from the coal companies that were struggling in the 80's and 90's. This government does not debate the fact that this was an unconstitutional taking. If this was oil companies that was illegaly taxed, then I'm sure they would be compensated.
Jennifer Brown
How scary is it that the government could collect money in an unconstitutional manner to begin with, but then called on it, still refuse to repay it.
Sherri
It is extremely unfair of the government to collect an unconstitutional tax and then refuse to refund the money. The federal government should not be able to take money from companies at will, leaving businesses with no recourse for recovering their losses.
Craig
The government should not be able to take money, call it a tax, and then be allowed to keep the money after the "tax" is declared unconstitutional.
Thomas
Our Government is not above the constitution.
Jim S
The coal companies were even forced to pay penalties and interest if they failed to pay this unconstitutional tax.
D S
How can the government justify collecting an unconstitutional tax and then refusing to refund it?
MT
I cannot understand why anyone would be opposed to a bill that refunds money that the government illegally took. People that are against this bill need to consider how they would feel if the government illegally taxed them. This is not about coal; this is about our government being held accountable
S.SMITH
What reasons would the government possibly have NOT to refund an unconstitutional tax? If money was collected in such a manner, it should be refunded.
Will S
I operated a small coal company during the 90's. We were barely a breakeven operation. It makes me sick that the government can illegally take money out of my business and not pay me back. I'm not a big coal company who can make up this later. I provided jobs for 50 employees for over 10 years and have nothing to show for it. It has been implied that I should have known that the tax was unconstitutional. When people pay their taxes, they always assume that the government could not tax them illegally. If we cannot assume this, then everyone needs to file a claim against the IRS every time they pay a tax just incase the tax is not constitutional.
Jake
This bill would help heal the small coal operators.
Kathryn
I can't believe the government would profit by instituting an unconstitutional tax and not refunding it.
Lynn Smith
I would hope that our government would behave in a responsible manner and refund any illegally collected tax monies in a timely manner.
Bill s
Unconstitutional means unconstitutional. I hope our government does the right thing.
Dennis
That this is even being debated is frightening.
Sue
So, the government can threaten "or else" to collect an unconstitutional tax and get by with it? I can't imagine anyone being against this bill.
DL
Still can't understand why our government would not want to refund an unconstitutionally collected tax.
Victoria
Our government can't just take money from businesses and then refuse to refund it. This is so unfair.
JMS
Hopefully, the government will do what is right and refund some of this unconstitutionally collected money.
MT
I hope congress takes care of this.