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Airline Taxes, Job Cuts Tied to Fights Over Subsidies and Unions

5 August 2011

Congress learned a lesson this week: it’s hard to talk job creation when you’re directly responsible for thousands of employees being out of work. In July, Congress failed to reach a compromise on the budget for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The immediate result was that airlines were not authorized to collect federal ticket taxes, [...]

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Philadelphia Closes Its Doors

11 September 2009

Philadelphia joined a host of other cities and towns – as well as states – across the nation hanging up “closed” signs on government funded institutions. Just months after Chicago ordered non-unionized employees to take unpaid furloughs and Hawaii warned of state employee furloughs, signs on Philadelphia public libraries and recreation centers warned of impending [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: Unions

5 March 2008

Taxpayer asks: I’m a Union Steamfitter As part of a Union am I listed as a Sub Contractor? I work for a company. Taxgirl says: If you work for a company and you receive a form W-2, then you are an employee of that company and not a subcontractor. As I understand most unions, you [...]

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