RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: RE: recommendations You're right but the USA doesn't have a monopoly on politicians and raising taxes. Other countries can also do the same and for the same reasons. Some countries in South America are already raising taxes for miners.
The miners aren't currently hugely profitable with the increase in costs. They'd get more raising taxes for Apple than for the miners. But for politcal reasons they'd tax air breathing if they thought that could get more votes.