HOPEY-CHANGEY: How Revolving Door Lobbyists Are Taking Over K Street. “Between 1998 and 2012, total lobbying revenue associated with active contract lobbyists almost doubled in real dollars, from $703 million to $1.32 billion. This is consistent with the general increase in lobbying over this time. But all of that new revenue came in the form of revenues associated with revolving door lobbyists.”

Just another argument in favor of my Revolving-Door Surtax.