Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Rep. Jason Chaffetz R-Utah


Earmarks, pork-barrel spending, pet projects. They all needed to go, there were over 9,000 of them in the "spendulus" bill. Rep. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, unseated the incumbent republican and won his seat in November. He's a former BYU football player, has been on Glenn Beck a few times, and sleeps on a cot in his Washington, D.C. office to save on renting an apartment. This video is great, he's right that Provo doesn't need a $475,000 parking structure; that's not the responsibility of the federal government to pay for, nor do I believe it will "stimulate" the economy.