The U.S. in their hugely fear-based overreaction to the events of 9/11 made it exponentially more difficult for foreigners, mostly tourists, to come to America. Result? A 12 percent drop in tourism receipts and a loss of 390,000 related jobs...
Congress responds! With a P.R. campaign!
Funded by charging foreign travelers an additional fee.
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You can't make this stuff up.
Hit & Run; Erecting Barriers to Remove Them - Reason Magazine:
"The problem this bill is allegedly intended to solve? "Overseas travel to the United States has decreased significantly" since Sept. 11, 2001, partly as a "consequence of erecting barriers to travel." The funding mechanism by which this new non-profit P.R. firm will counteract these barriers to entry? As DRJ of Patterico's Pontifications points out, part of it will come from ... a new $10 fee assessed on every foreign traveler."
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