![Your Tax Money Is Paying For Empty Seats On Airlines](http://townsquare.media/site/163/files/2012/05/plane.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Your Tax Money Is Paying For Empty Seats On Airlines
A new investigation shows the government spends thousands of taxpayer's dollars paying for empty airline seats. The money is being spent on Essential Air Service program which started in 1978 -- when the government was worried the larger airlines would abandon smaller airports.