The Government is Playing Hide and Seek With Airfare Taxes

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary)  |  February 1st at 02:59 PM  | 

When purchasing a product or service, we all like to see the itemized list of charges – one that separates the cost of the purchase from the share going to Uncle Sam through the form of taxes and fees.  Needless to say, government bureaucrats don’t like that.  They desire that we remain blissfully ignorant of government’s burden on our everyday lives.  This is one reason | Read More »

Where Is The Democracy?

By: albertogarcia (Diary)  |  November 15th at 12:00 PM  | 

For 75 years, since 1936 when Congress extended the Railway Labor Act (RLA) to include airline employees, the National Mediation Board (NMB) has been granted broad powers to act as a mediator in labor disputes between organized labor and employers.  These powers include overseeing representational elections when it can be proven that at least thirty-five percent of the employees would like to be represented by | Read More »