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March 31, 2005
Your tax dollars keep on working
Washington, D.C. is looking for a naming-rights sponsor for RFK Stadium now that the Washington Nationals are moving in, and one possible source of revenue is: you! Or at least the share of your tax dollars that go to fund the U.S. Army, which is considering spending $1.4 million a year to rename the place "Army Field at RFK Stadium." (Yes, it's already been noted that RFK actually served in the Navy.) Some other D.C. residents, meanwhile, are raising funds in an attempt to name the stadium after another Washington-area institution.
