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Fri Aug 2 07:18:54 2013
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 04:18:53 -0700
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also said 70 IRS
attorneys are working full-time reviewing documents, the agency continues
to update committee staffers as the requests are being processed and that
the number or related documents is closer to 460,000.The letter by the
Republican-led committee was sent as Congress tries to learn more about
the targeting, including who at the agencys Washington headquarters might
have known about, led or coordinated the activity and whether it was
politically motivated.It cites at least three instances in which the IRS
has failed to comply, since revelations in May that the IRS unfairly
targeted the groups from 2010 through 2012 when they were applying for
tax-exempt status.The agency has turned over just 12,000 pages of the roughly
64 million pages it deemed potentially relevant to the investigation, Issa
said.Furthermore, many of the documents are duplicates and so excessively
redacted that they are completely unintelligible and useless, according
to the letter.Additionally, Republicans on another House committee released
a report Tuesday that claims conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status
were more closely scrutinized by the IRS than their progressive counterparts.Tea
party and other conservative groups were, on average, asked three times
as many questions as progressive groups, said the report by Republicans
on the House Ways and Means Committee. Conservative groups were less likely
to be approved for tax-exempt status and more
With preferred seats harder to get, passengers are desperate enough to offer
bribes to their fellow fliers. ReutersGetting the seat you want on a
flight has never been more of a hassle.Last year, domestic flights in
the U.S. were 83 percent full, the highest passenger load factor recorded
since 1945. On top of crowded flights, most airlines have schemes in
place to reserve choice seats for frequent flyers or those willing to
pay a feeAmid this atmosphere, some passengers are desperate enough to offer
bribes to get their preferred seat.Airline employees can lose their jobs
for accepting bribes, so few are willing take the risk of offering
an upgrade or a better seat in exchange for a kickback. In
some countries, bribes can still get you onto a full flight or
in a better seat, but in the U.S., passengers who cant get
their way may be stuck pulling out their wallet and approaching their
fellow passengers.While not illegal or prohibited by the airlines, passengers
exchanging bribes is a concern for some who say it will create
chaos in the cabin.- Dr. Joyce Hunter, associate professor at Saint Xavier
UniversityLast month, Jason Goldberg, the CEO and founder of Fab.com offered
his fellow passengers $100 to swap seats in the first class cabin
of a flight from Stockholm to Newark so that he and a
colleague could collaborate on a work project. When they declined the offer,
he vented his frustration to his 37,000 Facebook followers.The dude next
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<p style="font-size:xx-small;"> July 29, 2013: Tourists and locals play on Ko'Olina beach on the
island of Oahu, Hawaii.ReutersLawmakers in the Aloha State want to wave
goodbye to their growing homeless population -- by buying them a one-way
ticket off the island.Hawaii's controversial three-year Return to Home pilot
program launches later this year and is being billed as a way
to help the states 17,000 homeless residents, while reducing the financial
burden the state has in caring for them. Under the plan, the
state will pay for a one-way plane ticket for any homeless resident
who can find someone on the mainland to take them in.The program,
which has a $100,000 annual budget, is the brainchild of state Rep.
John Mizuno, who had unsuccessfully tried to get a similar plan through
the past three legislative sessions. This year, the measure was attached
to a larger spending bill and squeaked through the state legislature.Critics,
though, say the program is a quick fix and does nothing to
address the root causes of homelessness.Patricia McManaman, director of
the Department of Human Services the agency tasked with implementing the
program -- told lawmakers she had reservations about the plan to send
the states homeless away and questioned the programs funding. She also had
a problem with language in the bill that suggests homeless people are
in need of sufficient personal hygiene in order to travel something
she calls an unnecessary and inappropriate stereotype.But Miz
ndustry expert, said that passenger bribe attempts are
an unintended consequence of airlines trying to squeeze more revenue from
ad-on fees.Flying used to be a Neiman Marcus experience but now its
a Walmart experience and fading quickly, he said. You might see people
auctioning off their seats like people sell baseball tickets on Stubhub.Yet,
John DiScala, a frequent traveler and the founder of JohnnyJet.com, said
paying each other for seat switches, at least in theory, isnt such
as bad thing.If youre desperate, in this day and age, I dont
know if its poor taste to offer (another passenger) money for a
seat switch, said DiScala, who has never offered a bribe, but admits
that he once tipped a TSA official $10 after being allowed to
cut the security line when he was late for a flight. Some
people would be happy to move for $100.DiScala said that the best
way to carve out the space you want on a flight is
to simply be nice to everyone, the airline staff and your fellow
passengers.I bring two types of chocolates with me when I travel, one
for the gate agents and one for the flight attendants, he said.
I get treated like a rock star and I dont consider it
to be a bribe.
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