Comments on: Tax rebates: Jeff Flake and John Shadegg thumbs down; Harry Mitchell and majority thumbs up http://checkingin.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/29/tax-rebates-jeff-flake-thumbs-down-harry-mitchell-thumbs-up/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:34:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Richard http://checkingin.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/29/tax-rebates-jeff-flake-thumbs-down-harry-mitchell-thumbs-up/#comment-267 Richard Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:34:22 +0000 http://checkingin.freedomblogging.com/2008/01/29/tax-rebates-jeff-flake-thumbs-down-harry-mitchell-thumbs-up/#comment-267 As Rep. Flake's Democratic opponent, I'm not at all surprised by his vote against the stimulus package. He pretty much opposes any government help to people in his district or to people in the US or to people in the world. He has voted again and again as a member of a tiny minority even in the Republican party against any issue that requires an outlay of government funds. He was one of very few House members of any party to vote against Hurricane Katrina relief and President Bush's lifesaving emergency AIDS program. He doesn't believe in Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance or social security. Rep. Flake is consistent. The voters in the district will overwhelming re-elect him again this fall -- I have no illusions about that. But they should never expect him to vote for anything that would expend funds to help struggling middle class families as this stimulus program probably will. It's not a perfect program and may not do much against this recession, but Rep. Flake is happy to do nothing and let the miracles of the free market work their magic. As they did with WorldCom, Enron, Countrywide's mortgages, Societe General's rogue trader, and in the Great Depression. As Rep. Flake’s Democratic opponent, I’m not at all surprised by his vote against the stimulus package. He pretty much opposes any government help to people in his district or to people in the US or to people in the world. He has voted again and again as a member of a tiny minority even in the Republican party against any issue that requires an outlay of government funds. He was one of very few House members of any party to vote against Hurricane Katrina relief and President Bush’s lifesaving emergency AIDS program. He doesn’t believe in Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance or social security.

Rep. Flake is consistent. The voters in the district will overwhelming re-elect him again this fall — I have no illusions about that. But they should never expect him to vote for anything that would expend funds to help struggling middle class families as this stimulus program probably will. It’s not a perfect program and may not do much against this recession, but Rep. Flake is happy to do nothing and let the miracles of the free market work their magic.

As they did with WorldCom, Enron, Countrywide’s mortgages, Societe General’s rogue trader, and in the Great Depression.

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