Sunday, August 21, 2011
How's This for Government Waste? Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha Diverted Millions of Taxpayer Dollars to Tiny Pet Airport
Posted by: Noël Jones
This makes me really mad and is a perfect example of how badly the Democratic party in Pennsylvania needs to be reformed. Fortunately, there are young progressives who are working hard to do just that, but this video above is a testament to just how bad wasteful spending on earmarks by the oldtimers has gotten. Apparently, being a Vietnam vet doesn't make you an honest politician. Makes me so mad...
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Honey...This is just ONE of many many examples of wasteful spending.Everybody is worried about accountability of spending on a local govt level.BUT why arent these people looking at the big...BIG picture.That is where billions with a B are being wasted....I yuv U sweetheart......tunsie
He was one of many that did and still are diverting money to their home districts. Dems and Reps alike feel it's their job to bring monies home. This useless small airport story has been reported on many times. I can't even remember how many times NPR has done stories on it.
Yes I guess that is a re-election bargaining chip...I did this for our city.I brought this much money from our taxpayer dollars to our city......Tunsie
Anon 9:20--maybe that's because the money keeps coming. Obviously the story is not useless if NPR keeps using it. Abuse of earmarks isn't getting any better...should we just stop talking about them, and pretend they'll going away on their own?
Yes! Please! That's exactly what I meant! You are so perceptive.
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