John Murtha

Politicians Use Tax $$ to Name Buildings After Themselves

When it comes to politicians using your tax dollars to rename public properties after themselves, have you ever asked yourself, is America turning into Uzbekistan?Wall Street Journal reader Alan Sechrest of Mission Viejo, Calif.

was wondering the same thing, when he wrote a letter to the paper asking why Democrat Nevada Senator “ Harry Reid handed over $2 million of our money to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas but was happy to take credit as though he wrote the check from his personal account. The money was for beginning construction of the "UNLV Harry Reid Research and Technology Park."Sechrest asked Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), who has been fighting against pork barrel spending in Congress, to “sponsor a bill stating that no currently serving legislator or other government employee may have his or her name attached to any project paid for by taxpayer dollars.”He added if they do, then they must erect a sign that simply says: "This park was made possible by the taxpayers.”There’s one c...

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