# Should wealthy elected official personally fund public salaries/projects?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-wealthy-elected-official-personally-fund-public-salaries-projects/827926>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-wealthy-elected-official-personally-fund-public-salaries-projects/827926 "2019-01-17T13:11:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-wealthy-elected-official-personally-fund-public-salaries-projects/827926/21 "2019-01-22T13:17:36Z")

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> [@Quartz](#):
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> Projects, yes; I refer you to Mr Carnegie.  
> …

I’ll have to brush up on my history - didn’t realize Carnegie was an elected to office.

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