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Obama's Plan For Higher Airline Taxes Sees Not So Friendly Skies Ahead
ByKelly Phillips Erb September 28, 2011

I hate to fly. There. I said it. It’s not a phobia or anything. I just find the whole experience grossly unpleasant from start to finish. I can’t figure out ticket prices to save my life. I don’t like being treated like one of a number of cattle. And I hate the whole nickel and…

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IRS, Congress Now Say No To Ticket Tax Refunds
ByKelly Phillips Erb August 8, 2011

Never look a gift Congress in the mouth. What they give today can always be taken away. And if you know Congress, it probably will. Remember the whole Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ticket tax fiasco? Here’s a brief recap: Congress, squabbling over unions and subsidies, failed to pass a budget for the FAA so that…

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