The president believes that Congress can do a better job with your money. He complains that they sneak the pork through — piles of it. "These things didn't get voted on, and yet they have the force of law," the president said in a speech, holding up a large stack of congressional earmarks.
Even if he isn't a democrat he did do something good by trying to stop wasteful spending on "pork" (aka useless projects), and put it to Americas future!
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2969636&page=1
2007-03-24 03:17:37 · 4 answers · asked by lorrnae 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Maybe Coburn stops and thinks more because he's not just a politician. He's an obstetrician who goes home every weekend to see patients.
When Coburn entered politics, he promised to be a citizen legislator. He'd serve a few years and then return to private life.
Coburn says that the government is spending money on themselves at the expense of future generations.
"We can keep the promises that we're making to [ourselves] by asking our children to never go to college, never own a home, never buy a new car."
Coburn's biggest fight was probably with Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska. Coburn introduced an amendment to kill Stevens' infamous Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska.
2007-03-24 03:27:04 · update #1
he is trying to do good and brought a lot of things to light . I hope he gets more attention through the media besides 2020
2007-03-24 03:25:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These guys from Oklahoma have been making some noise latley.After seeing Jim Inhofe kick Gores azz last week, I'm becoming a fan of the Okies!
2007-03-24 10:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by BAARAAACK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe Tom is "straight up" and probably one of only a small handful of "govt politicians" who are honest and stand by their principals.
2007-03-24 10:28:37 · answer #3 · answered by Dennis 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no such thing as righteous politician
2007-03-24 10:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by rajalu p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋