This $10 fee that the Senate thinks is so great will be a slush fund for the deepest pockets in the tourist industry. Please. Other businesses have to figure out business plans and marketing budgets so it's unclear why taxing foreign tourists to fund new foreign tourist marketing pitches makes sense to anyone other than an idiot. As I said the other day, the EU and other countries will surely start doing the same thing. Is it possible for Congress to live outside of their small minded little world? And yes, this silliness is bi-partisan including Harry Reid. Did Vegas not really plan for a rainy day?
Members of Congress would like to attract more international travelers to the United States, but the welcome mat would come with a $10 price tag.
The Senate took up legislation Tuesday to establish a nonprofit corporation that would coordinate programs promoting international travel to the U.S. Millions of visitors would be charged the $10 assessment to help fund the corporation.
The bipartisan bill, which has 53 co-sponsors, cleared a key hurdle when senators approved a motion 80-19 that will allow senators to consider final passage of the bill as early as Wednesday afternoon.
