Washington D.C. taxpayers got teabagged for $13,600 (cost of Nov. 2009 Bachmann Tea Party rally)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Ouch: Tea Party rally cost taxpayers almost $14,000

By Sahil Kapur
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 -- 10:54 am



As Michele Bachmann riled a group of feisty Tea Partiers to rail against taxes and government spending, taxpayers were quietly forced to pick up a $13,600 tab for their festivities.

New expense reports from last November's Tea Party gathering in Washington, D.C. reveal that the rally comprising thousands of protesters was funded by official congressional money, according to the the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

For the sound, staging and equipment, Bachmann (R-MN) was financially assisted by taxpayer-funded allowances from Reps. Todd Akin (R-MO), Tom Price (R-GA), and Steve King (R-IA).

But despite natural ire at the abuse of taxpayer funds, experts suggest that the lawmakers acted within congressional rules as long as the event was not campaign-related.

"Unless it's billed as a campaign event, or campaign donations are solicited, or there's a concerted program of endorsements for candidates based on party affiliation, I don't think that they ran into any issues," Stan Brand, former general counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives, told the Tribune.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0414/tea-party-rally-cost-taxpayers-14000/

[Hawkeye-X]

1. Next teabagger party - the DC residents should ask them to pay $20 EACH

for being in their turf. Call it a nut tax.

Teabaggers will then flee the area.

Have the bill sent to the RNC. They'll pay for their own crap.

Hawkeye-X