Travel Industry Tries to Rip Off Taxpayers

17 Feb, 2008

Travel Industry Tries to Rip Off Taxpayers

Posted by: Rob Bluey In: Capitol Hill| Foreign Affairs

Jeffrey Birnbaum has an outstanding piece in today’s Washington Post about the inner workings of lobbying effort from the travel industry to persuade the U.S. government to spend $200 million on a tourism marketing campaign — a massive boondoggle that was fortunately stopped by taxpayer watchdogs such as Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.).

Hat tip to Mark Tapscott of the Washington Examiner for calling attention to the article. Tapscott noted that Bruce Kesler of the Democracy Project has previously reported much of the story on his blog.

3 Responses to "Travel Industry Tries to Rip Off Taxpayers"

1 | Kimberly J. Koch

February 17th, 2008 at 11:13 pm

I read the article. I find it really amazing that all of that goes on in Washington. I guess I knew it was a very intricate system with the companies lobbying for money but I never realized how much the companies actually try and do get from our government without our not knowing. I have always sat on the sidelines so to speak and not said or done much except to vote but it seems like words are our truest weapons these days.

2 | The New Face of Lobbying | girl from the south

February 18th, 2008 at 11:50 am

[...] H/T Rob Bluey [...]

3 | Cosmopolitan Conservative » The New Face of Lobbying

March 23rd, 2008 at 10:45 pm

[...] H/T Rob Bluey [...]

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