Joe Heck’s Triple Dipping Expos

Nevada Democrats Launch HecksChecks.com

When Joe Heck said “the role of Congress is not to create jobs,” the former legislator – who has taken as much as $1.1 million in taxpayer money through government funded jobs – apparently wasn’t talking about his own (Nevada Newsmakers, 5/5/10).

Heck has time and again advocated slashing government, saying he would cut the vital Department of Education and the Homeland Security Department.  But despite his calls for less government, Heck has no problem drinking from the public trough. On two separate occasions, Heck has collected three government checks at once.

Over the years Heck stood to make more than a million in legislative compensation and payouts from the Southern Nevada Health District, the Metro Police Department and even a federally funded medical facility in Maryland.

Check out Heck’s history of triple dipping here: www.heckschecks.com. The new site chronicles Heck’s history of hypocrisy – triple dipping on the taxpayer dime while deriding government spending to create jobs.

“Joe Heck is running for Congress, but says it’s not Congress’ job to create jobs for ordinary people. Meanwhile, he has no problem living large off your taxpayer dollars,” said Phoebe Sweet, communications director for the Nevada State Democratic Party. “But Heck can’t run from the fact that he has lined his pockets on the government’s dime.  If Joe Heck is going to attack government spending, he should start with his own paycheck.”