Delta Air Lines named as party to FAA shutdown
Some 4,000 employees of the Federal Aviation Administration will remain furloughed through Labor Day, and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is catching some of the blame.
Rules governing the unionization of the transportation industry is at the bottom of the congressional stalemate. The background from the Washington Post:
The arrival of an Obama appointee shifted the balance of power on the three-member National Mediation Board, and shortly thereafter the NMB issued a rule change. It said that union efforts to organize airlines should be decided by a simple majority of ballots cast.
Before that ruling, airline unionization had been governed by a rule that said eligible voters in a unionization effort who did not cast a ballot would be recorded as voting against the union.
The new rule would apply to all airlines, but it’s most immediate potential impact would be to Delta Airlines, where unionization efforts have been defeated.
The House this year passed an FAA reauthorization bill that would reverse the NMB ruling. But the Senate refused.
These paragraphs were posted this evening by NPR:
[Senate Majority Leader] Harry Reid says the problem actually lies with one airline: Delta.
“The House has tried to make this a battle over essential air service,” he says. “It’s not a battle over essential air service. It’s a battle over Delta Airlines, who refuses to allow votes under the new rules that have been passed by the NLRB [National Labor Relations Board].”
The issue, Reid says, is Delta’s “non-union” stance.
U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, has been actively involved in an effort to overturn the NMB ruling, but a spokeswoman said the senator had not been involved in direct negotiations over FAA reauthorization legislation since mid-July.
From a July 21 floor statement by Isakson:
From my standpoint, I want everybody to understand clearly, I agree with the chairman that we need a reauthorization. But I also think we need a balanced playing field with NMB, and I continue to work to try and find some common ground to see to it that the aviation industry can have judicial review, just as the unions already have, with regard to NMB regulations and NMB rulings.
House Republicans say the dispute is less about unions and more about a Democratic attempt to eliminate airline ticket subsidies of more than $1,000 per passenger at three small airports.
From Jamie Dupree of AM750 and 95.5FM Newstalk/WSB:
[I]f you look at the short-term extension legislation approved by the House two weeks ago, there is no language dealing with the labor issue – just the airline ticket subsidy issue…
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Atlmom
August 2nd, 2011
9:40 pm
Wow, how interesting. The Ds SO want everyone to be unionized. Delta employees pretty much DO NOT want to be unionized, from what I know (and no, i’m not nor have i ever been, a delta employee).
But I’ve heard from delta employees…who have said: up til now, we were told to ignore all union correspondence…and the change would be VERY confusing to people who would now HAVE TO respond when they didn’t want a union. And for 10/20 or whatever many years they were told to just ignore it.
Which means the union would probably win.
But when you go on a delta plane and the flight attendants are continually wearing pins that say vote no – well, you think they might not want unions.
But this rule/law was changed in order for the union to get an unfair advantage. at least that’s what i read into it.
Get a clue
August 2nd, 2011
9:44 pm
What’s happening at the NMB is crriminal. Delta successfully voted down unionization under the new rules. The unions and the NMB are attempting to change a fair result because they didn’t like that result. This situation is costing Delta millions and negating any chance for the airline to grow jobs in any of these affected job sectors. The Obama admin, in supporting this onerous unionzation policies, is costing companies millions and americans much needed jobs.
td
August 2nd, 2011
9:48 pm
And you libs want to know why jobs keep going overseas.
Mark
August 2nd, 2011
9:52 pm
What’s fair about counting someone who does not vote as casting a “no” vote? I’m sure our elected officials wouldn’t go for that when they’re being elected.
Sadie Fields
August 2nd, 2011
10:05 pm
@ Mark–touché!
Atlmom
August 2nd, 2011
10:14 pm
mark: but for YEARS delta employees were told: do not respond, if you respond, they will count you as a yes.
NOW the rules change in the middle of the game. people have been programmed to throw it away. and now they’re being told: oh, forget about that. it’s just wrong. delta doesn’t want to be unionized. and it KILLS the union that that’s the case.
Jason
August 2nd, 2011
10:19 pm
Mark – That rule about counting no votes as a vote against was changed and the Union STILL got voted down at Delta. How many times do you have to vote down a union before they and the government get the message – NO Means NO!
Vinny
August 2nd, 2011
10:23 pm
Harry Reid LIES AGAIN! Nothing new for a liberal democrat in the Obumbles administration. The vote at Delta was held under the NEW RULES.
HARRY REID IS A LITTLE, SKINNY, LIAR!!!
zeke
August 2nd, 2011
10:31 pm
We need to immediately remove Reid and OBOZO and all his commie appointments making laws which they have no legal authority to do!!!
Mike
August 2nd, 2011
10:31 pm
Delta’s employees are not robots. If the rules change they should simply vote yes or no. I am sure Delta will implement a PR machine to let employees know what they have to do. It’s that simple. What’s interesting is how one company is pushing legislation and politicians can simply be bought to support it. I wonder what would happen if politicians actually start serving their constituents and not special interest groups.
Robert
August 2nd, 2011
10:37 pm
Typical of the AJC to print lies. The union vote at Delta was held under the new, Obama-mandated, pro-union rules.
The AJC needs to print a retraction.
S
August 2nd, 2011
10:42 pm
If unions suck why are most of the pilots unionized? Ummm I wonder..
Pat
August 2nd, 2011
10:56 pm
In response to S……all unions don’t suck, just the one wanting to unionize the flight attendants.
Bill
August 2nd, 2011
11:16 pm
And all this on the eve of the anniversary of the great Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, Aug 3, 1981. I believe this date marks the beginning of the end of labor organizations….and that ain’t a bad thing.
CEW
August 2nd, 2011
11:16 pm
S, the pilots at Delta are unionized because their requests to land, taxi, or takeoff would be totally ignored by the unionized FAA traffic controllers at all major airports, and that’s a fact.
The situation they now face is that the entire airline will be forced to unionize. Remember that two of the three members of the NLRB, both appointed by Obama, are former union officials. In the not to distant future the NLRB will force all companies throughout the country to unionize or go out of business. That will really raise unemployment numkbers, won’t it?
James
August 2nd, 2011
11:27 pm
Actually, the Delta Flight Attendants vote is currently being investigated. It appears that Delta violated Labor Relations ethics. You can’t claim a win if you cheat. It will all come out in the wash. Delta spent $30 million in fighting the union, would have been better spent on the employees. Delta pilots are unionized. One of the best union-management relationships is at Southwest airlines, where the union and management work together for the best of the company and employees AND customers. Why Delta fights so hard against the union is beyond me. They claim they don’t want a 3rd party interfering, but yet have no problem farming out various aspects of employee benefits to 3rd party companies (Disability administration for example, which is a disaster for employees to use, as the company and the administrator don’t know what each other are doing.) C’mon Delta work TOGETHER with employees, not against them.
Errrr...
August 2nd, 2011
11:31 pm
@CEW – way to completely make stuff up out of your a$$ to fit your mind numbingly slanted and misinformed viewpoint.
Laura
August 2nd, 2011
11:49 pm
I am a Delta Flight Attendant and we were not told to do or not do anything by Delta, only that you needed to vote either yes or no to have your vote count. Period. Most of us do not want a union, we for the most part are very happy at Delta. They treat us fairly and provide great jobs. We have amazing benefits and flexibility. I do not want a union, it is really counter productive to working together as a whole instead it promotes an “us vs. them” mentality. Can’t people see that. We have now voted down the union 4 times, I believe that should tell everyone something. The union has spent millions and millions of dollars to try to get the Delta Flight Attendants to unionize, why you may ask? The money, think about it, we are the largest airline, that is a ton of money to the union president. They have spent so much that it is fairly clear that they may go bankrupt if they do not pass the vote. I want Delta to fight for us, for those of us who do not want a union. And if there must be a union, I certainly do not want the AFA. They have told the Northwest Flight Attendants many lies including that Delta will close the MSP base and fire them all. Please, Delta has never fired or had lay-offs. If we need to adjust personnel to stay afloat, they offer voluntary leaves of absence, where people can do other jobs, go back to school or stay home with their families and have a job back at the end of the time that you pick. That really sounds like a terrible company to work for. Wake up people. The union is the bad guy here, not Delta.
Avery
August 2nd, 2011
11:51 pm
Interesting repeats of memorized union talking points.
An alternative viewpoint is that the decline in unionization and worker protection is what started the outsourcing trend in the first place.
PR
August 3rd, 2011
12:00 am
Isakson and Chamblee need to be tarred and feathered for allowing this crap to happen. They are both a couple of slimeball sleazebags. CONGRESS SHOULD LOSE ALL ITS PAY AND BENEFITS UNTIL ALL BUSINESS IS COMPLETED. NO VACATIONS, NO HEALTH CARE NOTHING. I hope that all of congress come down with some horrible disease and die painfully.
Fred
August 3rd, 2011
12:06 am
Atlmom
August 2nd, 2011
9:40 pm
But this rule/law was changed in order for the union to get an unfair advantage. at least that’s what i read into it.
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Really? How? Did you read the first couple of paragraphs? If folks are too lazy or scared by the airline to vote, their vote in the past has been counted as a non union vote. How is that accurate or fair? They DIDN’T VOTE. Now they will have to get off their asses and vote. Or be unionized if that’s what those who aren’t lazy or intimidated by Delta decide to vote for. What’s wrong with that system?
I don’t care either way as like you, I’ve never been an employee of Delata, but to go one further, I’ve never been a member of a Union either. Unionized or non unionized, Delta still will suck.
Fred
August 3rd, 2011
12:09 am
“mark: but for YEARS delta employees were told: do not respond, if you respond, they will count you as a yes.
NOW the rules change in the middle of the game. people have been programmed to throw it away. and now they’re being told: oh, forget about that. it’s just wrong. delta doesn’t want to be unionized. and it KILLS the union that that’s the case.”
And how do you know all this ATLMOM? Were you misleading in your first post? YOU don’t work for Delta but your hubby does so you have a vested interest? Lie by proxy? How typically Republican……….. I didn’t REALLY lie, I just didn’t really tell the truth. Well we know how YOUR kids will grow up and what THEIR relationship to truth will be, distance cousins……… like 50 times removed…….
Fred
August 3rd, 2011
12:12 am
Jason
August 2nd, 2011
10:19 pm
Mark – That rule about counting no votes as a vote against was changed and the Union STILL got voted down at Delta. How many times do you have to vote down a union before they and the government get the message – NO Means NO!
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I missed that part somehow. you are correct. If the vote was no under the new rules then leave it like it is, the people who have a vested interest have spoken.
Well said.
Fred
August 3rd, 2011
12:16 am
Bill
August 2nd, 2011
11:16 pm
And all this on the eve of the anniversary of the great Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) strike, Aug 3, 1981. I believe this date marks the beginning of the end of labor organizations….and that ain’t a bad thing.
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Really? You want to go back the the 1900’s sweat shops and child labor? Do you even know what those are? Are you really this stupid?
Unions serve a purpose. At one point, they got to powerful, but before them, conditions were criminally dismal. I think a fine balance exists now. I know it’s great living in a right to work state like Georgia, but only because Unions elsewhere help keep things in balance. Quit taking your “talking points’ from Talk radio and actually research these things and put some of your own thought (if you have any) into them.
Fred
August 3rd, 2011
12:24 am
Laura
August 2nd, 2011
11:49 pm
Please, Delta has never fired or had lay-offs.
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I listened to you up until this stupid line. Are you really this stupid or do you think everyone else is. Whole departments were let go and then “out sourced.”
Just damn, you just re-enforced the stereotypical thinking of a brainless stewardess (flying waitress I call you, except you get paid regardless of the crappy service you provide so that’s a slam on real hard working waitresses).
Merleliz
August 3rd, 2011
12:27 am
My company does some work for Delta and I’ve talked to many of the Delta employees…they do NOT want a union. Why should they be forced to join one if they don’t want to…it’s their company and their lives that will be affected…it should be their choice and not that of government. How many times are they going to have to vote NO? Until the people are sick and tired of dealing with the issue and the unions can slip in due to voter apathy?
BTW…keeping the unions out is not going to turn Delta into a 1900’s sweat shop with child labor…and just because people don’t want to join a union doesn’t mean they want that to happen.
The most useful purpose unions serve now is taking union dues from people’s salaries and handing out political donations…to Democrats, of course.
rooster
August 3rd, 2011
12:50 am
Over the long run, there have been two kinds of airline people: those who worked for Delta, and those who wished they did. They do not want or need a union, and the government should stop trying to force one upon them.
Liz
August 3rd, 2011
1:06 am
Many of have no idea what you are talking about. The NMB changed voting rules to be aligned with the rest of the voting that we utilize in a democratic society. There was nothing “criminal” about it. Before, if someone did not vast a vote it was counted as a NO vote. The rule change made it so that the only votes that are counted are those that were actually cast. If someone elects not to vote it doesn’t count either way. The is the way ALL voting is done in this country. Delta was brought into this because there have been numerous claims that they have interfered with the elections that took place there. Regardless, the NMB voting rule change would not automatically push unions on Delta or anywhere else. It simply set up a logical voting system.
cs
August 3rd, 2011
1:33 am
delta is just another deadbeat corp in ga that doesnt have to pay the fuel and other taxes everybody else does. if they have no shame in that then they likely would have no shame treating their employees like crap.
CW
August 3rd, 2011
1:46 am
ummmm, I do work for Delta and have for 16 years and have voted for Flight Attendant representation 3x in a row. Thank you Sen. Reid for your support!
oldsnarkey
August 3rd, 2011
3:23 am
CW . Are you incapable of representing yourself. If so, maybe you should go to work elsewhere. Obviously the ppl, with the most intelligence have no need for a union. Read the History of Eastern airlines then get a life!
Keith
August 3rd, 2011
3:37 am
I am a F/A for Delta and am proud of the no union history. Unions were needed years ago when we has mistreatment of worker, but with the safety regulations and checks and balances we have in place today “most” unions are not needed. That said anyone that wants to work for a union, I respect your decision, I on the other hand do enjoy my direct relationship with my managerment. I spent 20 year in the military and after I left military life I just have not seen the need for a union. Delta mangerment does listen and in most cases does do the right thing for their employees. Fred I hate to tell ya but the rules that the NMB implemented are not fair, now if a minority vote for the union the union actually has a chance to win based on the fact that some will not participate. the old rule though it did allow some to not vote did not give an upper hand to an outside agency to come in, the rules required those that wanted representation to make sure 50 + 1 actually wanted the rep, which means a true majority. In my 12 years at Delta I have NEVER been harrassed or made to feel I had to do what Delta told me to in these elections, actually I have experenced just the opposite I have been bugged more by the union effort, ie sending things to my house calling my home emailing me when I have NEVER, EVER asked to be sent any information, from them. even going so far as to email me a survey asking directly how I voted!! how can this not be a vilation?? Delta spent money, rightfuly so the EDUCATE the workers about the change not to influnce our decisions. What I fine comical about the whole situation is AFA got the NMB to change the rules and STILL lost the election. When I have problems I go to my supervisor, and I don’t have any fears about that, I tend to lend democratic in my voting but as for unions I feel the democrate are wrong I wsant this over this is affecting my whole career,we arfe in limbo because the AFA did not get what they wanted so they file an interference charge, and filed charges that are strikly simliar to what the IAM has filerd against the AFA in the United/contential election. SO the things AFA has acused Delta of the IAM has leveled some of the exact same charges against AFA, hmm seem the pot calling the kettle black?? Please go away AFA
Keith
August 3rd, 2011
3:56 am
Liz not sure if you have seen the charges the AFA flied against Delta but I for one never saw any of those things that I read. also it was pointed out in the response that for ther chasrges to be valid there would have to a “systemic” vilation of the rules and that one off, incidents do not constute interference. As for the rules change I myself would not have had so much a problem with the change, if 1st the AFA had not requested the change after they filed for a vote, then after getting the word that they’re request would be favored they withdrew the request so they could vote under the new rules. 2ndly if you request a change and you STILL lose the vote then you have no right to go running to your mummy that the other team did not play fair !!! Delta was given the rules, decimated the information to the employees that needed to know there where new rules to play by, and to brower for a past campaign “Rocked the Vote” The AFA on the other hand were so confiant they would win, (and yes that was the word all arounnd the lounges for months after the NMB changed the rules) they were shocked when they lost, Even though some people where still confused about the vote, (some wrote in other unions choices not aware that those votes would go to the AFA if they had the majority!) so yes the AFA lost by a much large amount that was shown due to the fact that there was almost a 1000 votes written in. which leads to my final point if the NMB was going to change the rules then they need to change all the rules, (they did not change the rule for voting the union out you still have ot have a 50+ 1 majority to get rid of the union!! when all the union needs now to get in is a simple majority! of the ones that cast a vote not of the total employees available.
BitterEXdemocrackkk
August 3rd, 2011
4:20 am
BIG LABOR assassinations are in order. SLAP down these UNION THUGs and all the BIG democrackkks that are pushing this.
Winfield J. Abbe
August 3rd, 2011
4:50 am
When people do not vote yes or no on candidates or ballot issues in Georgia, they are choosing to abstain. They have the same fundamental rights as those voting yes or no. But the corrupt voting law iln Georgia throws them out the window and only counts the votes of those voting yes or no. If an incumbent runs, they automatically win in Georgia. This is sick minority rule which makes it easier to run government and raise millions of dollars in taxes authorized by a tiny minority but paid by the majority.
The voting law in Georgia is a corrupt cesspool like those who write these disgusting laws. Instead the voting law should demand that no one is elected or no tax increase passed unless a majority of the registered voters says so period. This would be closer to majority rule. As it is, we have minoirty rule in Georgia
By the way, Athens Clarke County, Beorgia benefits from a give a way program at its local airport, wasting about $ 1 million of federal tax dollars a year. An article about this moneywaste was published in the NYTimes recently. This is a perfect example of how these idiots in Congress throw money around and bankrupt and destroy the nation. They should be prosecuted for treason. Why does not Congress have a joint committee resolve this issue rather than allowing the agency to go unfunded?
Winfield J. Abbe
August 3rd, 2011
5:04 am
Correction above: If an incumbent runs without opposition, they automatically “win”.
Smoke
August 3rd, 2011
6:18 am
Union Thugs? If I remember correctly, businesses hired thugs to fight workers. Are you telling us that unions are hiring thugs to beat workers to make them join them? I wonder how much Delta and other businesses are paying lawyers, lobbyist, and agitators? Businesses don’t want unions because taking care of interest and welfare of their front line employees is job one. Believe that?
Rawmilkdrinker
August 3rd, 2011
6:29 am
Let’s see, Delta employees are smart enough to keep a 30 million plane in the air but they aren’t smart enough to understand a change of voting procedures???????
Smoke
August 3rd, 2011
6:29 am
Keith, Keith, Keith. Don’t you know that Delta is fighting to get rid of those gosh-awful “safety regulations and checks and balances?” What is it about “government regulations are bad for business that you don’t understand? Who do you think works to protect you (sometimes going overboard) from the good old days, the tooth fairy?
Smoke
August 3rd, 2011
6:45 am
Frontline workers are fighting against tax increases on their bosses income, who are fighting to find ways to get rid of the workers jobs and benefits, to increase profits, so that the boss can get a bonus, so the boss can buy goods and services from ex-employees who are working at lower wages, with no benefits, and dependent on a government that is on a mission to lower the boss’s tax base even more.
Gen Neyland
August 3rd, 2011
6:54 am
The union leadership had a Do-Over plan in the making prior to the elections and their respective results. This comes as no surprise to those of us that have worked in unionized aviation prior to the DAL/NWA merger. People need to understand that unions are first a business that feeds off business. They produce nothing that is not already producing, that being the labor force. Having worked for over a quarter of a century with the old NWA and being forced into membership with Republic A/L’s due the union being on the property upon hire-on decades ago, I have a perspective that says they do good, they do bad. I’m no longer employed by an airline but if I were on the property today, I’d vote NO as many times as I would have to to keep the union out. My biggest reason would be to what politcal party they seek their rewards and the moneies they send to that political party of which I disapprove. I made the decision to petition to withdraw my political contribution portion of my dues years ago and was ostracized by the union’s governing body for doing so. The good unionized employee is one that walks lock-step with their political philosophy and that ain’t for me, no more if given a choice…
Lets Time Warp IT
August 3rd, 2011
7:00 am
Can someone PLEASE bring US To November 2012 so this FOOL in the White HOUSE can go HOME enough is enough this guy is the biggest divider and JOKE I have EVER SEEN…..Take from the rich, take from the rich, the country is in terrible shape and for those IDIOT Supporters of HIS check this out most of his staff this year got from 60% to 85% percent pay increases this year…LOOK it up for the ones of you that can actually READ…..We are in the middle of a terrible downturn and OBUMMER is giving everyone a Massive Raise…REALLY!!!! When the last time you got a 60 to 85% raise when doing th same job not a promotion but same JOB…..Every IDIOT that voted for this guy needs to lose their voting rights, drivers licenses and FOOD STAMPS and WELFARE Checks….and have to SIT IN A Classroom with CYNTHIA Tucker 40 hours a week for a month……YES WE CAN!!!! Haha!!! Yes We Can! 1. Divide the Country 2. Weaken the Country 3. Give out more FOOD STamps than any President in HISTORY! 4. Become Laughing Stocks of the World. 5. Spend More Money in 2.5 than any President in History! 6. Tell companies where or where they cannot RELOCATE 7. Tell you What to EAT! 8. TAKE more in TAXES…only fools would want to give more money to the GOVERNMENT or people that actually dont give any money anyway and live of of the BACKS of the hard workers like most OBAMA SUPPORTERS….My MOTTO is NO WE CANT 1. Afford 4 more years with a America Hating Muslim in the White House 2. Keep Borrowing Money like it is Monopoly Money 3. Accept Socialism for the Greatest Country in the World 4. Give any and everybody that applies for FOOD STamps just for BREATHING. 5. Keep letting the Marxist take our FREEDOMS and MONEY 6. Keep Hearing these TELEPROMPTER Speeches 7. Vote anymore unprepared, undisciplined, community organizers as PRESIDENT!!! Not even this guy would have passed the GCRT with the HELP of the Corrupt Teachers in Atlanta….joke joke joke
Lets Time Warp IT
August 3rd, 2011
7:05 am
Smoke keeping smoking UNIONS are nothing more than a Government Handout when they show unions up NORTH smoking joints and drinking beer they dont lose their jobs or if they do they sit in a room like time out and keep getting PAID….Tell us where this makes sense SMOKE….Go back up NORTH since you love UNIONS so MUCh We dont want your kind down here…..
Lets Time Warp IT
August 3rd, 2011
7:10 am
For all u bums out there screaming Rich need to pay more….here it is
Top 1%
pays 38% of all income Taxes
Top 5%
Pays 58.7% of all income taxes
Top 25%
pays 86% of all income taxes…
Which means or =’s all of you OBUMMER Supporters PAY NOTHING!!! No wonder why you want the Rich to pay more u surely dont want anyone expecting poor old you to pay any share much less a fair share….
Clinton "Skink" Tyree
August 3rd, 2011
7:48 am
Based on the service I’ve received from Delta employees over the past several years, I can see where they might have trouble showing up and checking the “NO” box.
Road Scholar
August 3rd, 2011
7:57 am
Let’s time warp it: I believe you are already suffering from motion sickness….or at least a sickness!
If you do not vote, whatever the outcome, you have no right to complain about the results! It’s just like voting for a politician or legislation. Get out the vote! Why do people complain about majority rule? Only the dictators and anachists!
And the line that Delta looks out for their employees wellbeing is rich! Yeah, sure!
Ol' Timer
August 3rd, 2011
8:07 am
@Let’s Time Warp It: Your conclusion shows you never took Critical Thinking as it makes no sense at all. You proposition necessarily excludes any Democrats from being among the wealthy who pay taxes which makes for a good GOP/Tea Party talking point, but is untrue.
What does make sense, however, is closing loopholes that allow Apple Computer to sit on $76Billion offshore dollars and pay ZERO federal taxes in 2010 — and the same goes for numerous Fortune 500 companies.
The intelligent approach to dealing with the deficit/debt issue is to cut across the board, but discontinue the Bush Tax Cuts that cost the country $2.8 TRILLION in lost revenue and close loopholes and shelters for the super rich.
If we’re going to address welfare and other entitlements, we need to discontinue corporate welfare, too.
Atlmom
August 3rd, 2011
8:36 am
re: voting rules in GA: that is the ONLY way there will EVER be a third party candidate who can win. Otherwise, people are too afraid to vote for a third party candidate.
Lets Time Warp IT
August 3rd, 2011
9:29 am
Road Scholar or Road Kill how did that Union thing work out for Eastern? Yale Graduate, Harvard Graduate, Road Scholar who cares all u guys got are theories not practical common sense approaches just like the President who has spent his entire life as an Academic thinking he could walk in the White House as the Smartest president ever….well if you have not figured it out yet his THEORIES are baseless….as far as Loopholes for the Corporations do agree that they should be closed especially since the right hand man Jeffery Immelt is dodging and weaving on taxes and sending jobs overseas….I am a voter not a convicted FELON like you Rhode Scholar….
John
August 3rd, 2011
9:35 am
Republicans shut down the FAA by trying to cut $16 million a year in subsidies to airlines to offer services to rural airports. The shut down is costing the government $30 million a day. At the same time, Republicans will not even think about eliminating the $4 billion a year in subsidies and tax breaks for oil companies, the most profitable companies in the history of the world. And they claim to be worried about the deficit. How is that helping out the deficit…loosing $30 million a day to save $16 million a year and at the same time not wanting to do away with oil subsidies?