Beltway bandit is a term for private companies located in or near Washington, D.C. whose major business is to provide consulting services to the US government. The phrase was originally a mild insult, implying that the companies preyed like bandits on the largesse of the federal government, but it has lost much of its pejorative nature and is now often used as a neutral, descriptive term. For other uses, see Washington, D.C. (disambiguation). ...
The name comes from the Capital Beltway, the ring road that surrounds Washington. (The entire road is officially called Interstate 495, although the eastern half is cosigned with Interstate 95, which traverses most of the East Coast.) The majority of private contractors are located, or at least headquartered, inside this road in order to be close to federal agencies and legislators. The Capital Beltway (in green) Interstate 495 (abbreviated I-495) is a freeway-class interstate highway which circles Washington, D.C. and its inner suburbs in Maryland and Virginia. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate 95 Interstate 95 (I-95) is the main highway on the East Coast of the United States,[1] paralleling the Atlantic Ocean from Maine to Florida and serving some of the best-known cities in the country including Boston, New York City, and...
Other uses
Beltway Bandits is the name of a women's competitive travelling ice-hockey program in the DC area.
External links
[1] Talk Abstract: Life as a Beltway Bandit, from the Institute for Defense Analyses
[2]Washington DC Slanguage. Defines of Beltway Bandits as consulting companies.
[3]A Hymn Before Battle, by John Ringo. Beltway Bandit here refers explicitly to a consulting company.
The BeltwayBandits occasionally offer Flyball training classes for novice dogs and handlers. The objective of the BeltwayBandits Flyball training curriculum is for dogs and their owners to have fun while learning to play Flyball on an individual basis.
In this way, the team members are able to assist in the training curriculum and the novice handlers are able to learn the application of the techniques being taught in class.
The ultimate goal of the BeltwayBandits Flyball training program is to develop dogs and handlers that are able to compete reliably and to the best of their ability as part of a cohesive Flyball team.
For years, and especially since 1983 when payroll taxes were raised to their 15.3 percent level for every worker in the country, the federal government has been stealing a healthy chunk of this retirement and health care money.
Having already set a course to put things on their credit card, raise the national debt another $700 billion or so this year, you can be almost certain that the BeltwayBandits will put it on the shoulders of tomorrow's taxpayers, you, your children and grandchildren.
And this is just one of the 24 entitlement trust funds set up by the BeltwayBandits to cover hundreds of billions they've stolen in dedicated taxes.
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