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Export-Import Bank officials, while campaigning to save export subsidies, bust through travel budget

By Timothy P. Carney
Published August 13, 2014 5:41pm ET
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Export-Import Bank officials, while campaigning to save export subsidies, bust through travel budget
Being the chief export subsidizer in the country carries lots of responsibilities including, apparently, barnstorming the country to try and rally the businesses you subsidize to push lawmakers to keep the subsidies flowing. (iStock Photo)

Being the chief export subsidizer in the country carries lots of responsibilities including, apparently, barnstorming the country to try and rally the businesses you subsidize to push lawmakers to keep the subsidies flowing. This ain’t cheap.

Here’s an Export-Import Bank press release from last week:

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