Yet another tale of a politician in the position to misuse taxpayers dollars, and guess what? He gets away with it again.
This time Representative (what a misnomer) Jerry R. Lewis is ‘appropriating’ $500,000 in taxpayer money to ‘beautify’ a park in an area that already has much more money than a vast majority of small towns across this nation.
Why does he think that money is better spent on a park in a ritzy neighborhood than say in a working class neighborhood where people are struggling to make ends meet while trying to keep their kids off drugs and trying to keep their kids in school so they can make something of themselves? You don’t have to look very far to learn the answer to this question. He owns a house just three blocks away from this ‘privileged’ park. Of course, he says that has nothing to do with why he would rather spend the money there than to help the poor taxpayer who provided the money.
How about allocating that money for larger police forces to patrol our nations highways to cut down on traffic lawbreakers and maybe save some lives?
How about allocating that money to research for cancer and other healthcare issues again to help save lives?
How about allocating that money back to the taxpayers to educate families on how to raise children so we can produce better well-adjusted adults?
How about allocating that money back to the taxpayers through the education system to pay for better teachers so we can increase our collective intelligence in this country?
How about allocating that money back to the taxpayers to help reduce the cost of health insurance?
How about allocating that money back to the taxpayers to help hard-working single parents pay for daycare?
How about not legally stealing that money for your personal use. Lets face ‘Representative’ Lewis, you are going to benefit from this expenditure and you know it.
In this age of ‘pet projects’ and ‘me first’ he is just doing what it seems every congressman is doing, simply grabbing a piece of that huge golden egg called taxpayer money. He is simply playing the game as it is played in Washington. He is engaged in a race to grab as much as he can, just as everyone else is.
I personally think that if there is enough money to fund wasteful projects such as this then maybe we are paying too much in taxes.
I also believe that since it is common practice to seek out money for pet projects then maybe we should replace the people who are 'grabbing' this money for themselves.
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