Comments on: Rep. Flake On Cutting Congressional Pork

Arizona Congressman Is A Fierce Opponent Of Earmarks

[jessiemarie2]

heres what irates me ...has he ever vsited out town no hes half ways across the us come on my single mother wadge and we shaall she its worth everypenny its a tradition and money raised or asked for or "earmarked" is all used for our comunity! from the weather musium to fixing our streets basicly all the money that is used is for our future kids and education no body doesnt say anything about there bellies being lined by all the steak they eat from thier self proclamed raises but so be it for"phil" to help educate the children ofthe punxsutawney area! shold we see what money is going for his people in his district?? i would love to be on a one to one conversation with this man!

[b628537-2009]

If there are members within Congress telling Congressman Jeff Flake they tacitly support him, then why haven't they done anything themselves, or do they owe their bodies and souls to the Corporate Lobbiests? What are they afraid of? Or is this an outright admission that our government is subserveant to Corporate meddling in Washington, and we as the taxpayers who foot the bills with the all the riders are nothing more than indentured servants to a Corporate ran Government?

[mr_hall_2]

It seems Republican Flake was more likely to approve construction projects in Iraq than to vote for "pork" construction projects in the United States. From a balanced budget to record high debt levels and a rapidly devaluing dollar in a few short years.

To quote John Adams, "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war."

[cnrmtgbkr-2009]

I've am glad that someone in congress is watching the spending. If we could clone Jeff Flake and his principles we "as a nation" would be much better off. This is the no nonsense leadership everyone's been looking for.