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Rep. Flake On Cutting Congressional Pork
60 Minutes ^
| 11/5/2006
Posted on 11/06/2006 5:27:25 AM PST by kenn5
CBS) Buried in the fine print is $70 billion, give or take a billion or two. It is one subject members of Congress don’t like talking about: earmarks. The $70 billion covers just this year's crop of earmarks. Earmarks designate money for a multitude of hometown projects that may also benefit lobbyists and the industries they represent. Most of them are buried in the fine print of legislation and are seldom debated. Many say they’re one of Congress’s dirty little secrets, that a good part of that $70 billion is pork – government waste at its worst.
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Rep. Flake is one of the few congressmen working on removing government pork. A good 60 Minutes interview last night.
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posted on
11/06/2006 5:27:25 AM PST
by
kenn5
To: kenn5
We got one....
We only need 534 more like him....
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posted on
11/06/2006 5:47:41 AM PST
by
Wings-n-Wind
(All of the answers remain available; Wisdom is gained by asking the right questions!)
To: kenn5
I never watch 60 Minutes - but saw it last night.
Congress definitely needs more members like Jeff Flake.
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posted on
11/06/2006 6:13:49 AM PST
by
MplsSteve
To: kenn5
To Jeff Flake: Don't ever, ever, ever quit!
To: kenn5
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posted on
11/06/2006 6:53:17 AM PST
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon)
To: kenn5; Abram; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; Allosaurs_r_us; Americanwolf; ...
"Weldon of Pennsylvania let Flake have it for questioning $4 million to help the rotorcraft industry. "Don’t stand up on the floor and make stupid allegations because you want a headline about cutting waste. This is not waste," Weldon argued."
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posted on
11/06/2006 9:15:13 AM PST
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traviskicks
(http://www.neoperspectives.com/Amnesty_From_Government.htm)
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