2007-01-07 13:38:49 · 7 answers · asked by A Toast For Trayvon 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Its federal money thats spent in someone elses Congressional District.
2007-01-07 13:49:49 · answer #1 · answered by The Father of All Neocons 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It refers to all of the wasteful spending that individual congressmen attach to a spending bill. For example, there may be a bill that is introduced to spend 5million dollars on bullet proof vests, well some moron congressman will attach a little something onto it for their own district. Like say, and additional million for a parking garage named after themselves.
Further more...when a good bill that will help people gets voted down due to all the pork, the guy who put it there blames the NAY voters for killing the good part of the bill.
This is why we need a LINE ITEM VETO!
Lot's of crap like that going on. Have a good day!
2007-01-07 21:42:37 · answer #2 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recall -- from George F. Will's book "Restoration" -- a comment made by a Democrat congressman back in the early 20th Century. (I can't recall the comment verbatim, so I won't put quotation marks around it. But this is the gist of it.)
There are a half-dozen cities in my district where federal buildings have recently been built or are being built now at a cost to the taxpayer far in excess of the actual needs of the communities in which they are located. This is mighty bad business for Uncle Sam and I'll admit it. But these Republicans have been doing it for years and I can't make them stop. Now we Democrats are in charge, and I'll tell you right now -- every time one of these Yankees gets a ham, I'll get a hog!
2007-01-07 21:50:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get a positive vote on an appropriation from a Congressman he will need to be offered something for his district. This is called pork.
2007-01-07 21:41:44 · answer #4 · answered by Kenneth H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pork barrel spending is when congress lumps a bunch of special interest crap in with the real bill.
For instance, minimum wage can't get passed because lumped in there is some estate tax legislation (to name one) that will give more tax cuts to rich people.
2007-01-07 21:43:15 · answer #5 · answered by Jamie R 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Something that benefits the home district of the sponsor, who is "bringing home the bacon" -- it's generally viewed as an appropriation that would not get passed except for the sponsor's clout or the importance of his/her vote on something else
2007-01-07 21:44:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tax revenues that are diverted to "pet" projects for a particular constituency.
2007-01-07 21:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by Random Precision 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋