Thursday, March 13, 2014

How Washington Wastes Your Money and Why They Won't Stop: Political Cheating & Abuse (1992)

Pork barrel is the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district. The usage originated in American English. In election campaigns, the term is used in derogatory fashion to attack opponents. Scholars, however, use it as a technical term regarding legislative control of local appropriations.
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