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	Pork barrel spending out of control
		Pork is one of their most powerful tools and it creates an illusion whereby the voters are wowed by what their representative in the Capitol has done for their district.
		Pork spending remains high at the national level due to the ability to pass pork through the system as add-ons to what could have been well-conceived bills and budgetary allotments.
		In the end, pork barrel spending is in stark contrast to the fiscal common sense we all desire and it proves one thing: Give the politicians money, even that they do not have, and they will spend it in order to win your votes.
	www.geocities.com /bob_c14067/usnypork.html (733 words)

	Pork barrel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pork barrel, in a literal sense, is a barrel in which pork is kept, but figuratively is a supply of money; often the source of one's livelihood.
		In politics, a pork barrel (or pork barrel politics) is a derogatory term describing government spending that is intended to benefit constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign contributions or votes.
		One of the earliest examples of pork barrel politics in the United States was the Bonus Bill of 1817, which was introduced by John C. Calhoun to construct highways linking the East and South of the United States to its Western frontier using the earnings bonus from the Second Bank of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pork_barrel_politics (569 words)

	Government Waste on Parade
		The problem of wasteful spending and "earmarks" is especially difficult to solve because members of both political parties are equally eager to spend tax dollars on worthless and unnecessary "pet projects." In this regard, there is no difference between the two political parties.
		Pork endangered: Senators John McCain and Tom Coburn may force their colleagues to make an up-or-down public decision on proposals such as tucking $2 million for a public park in San Francisco into the nation's massive military spending bill.
		Stephen Slivinski blasts the big spending Republican Congress and points to what he calls "the curse of incumbency." A curse, he says, that "can be measured in dollar terms." Slivinski recites chapter and verse of numerous studies of congressional behavior all demonstrating that politicians vote for evermore spending the longer they stay in office.
	www.akdart.com /pork.html (8568 words)

	Pork - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pork from the haunch of the pig is called ham.
		Some pork products figured prominently in the traditional diets of southern African-Americans, such as pigs' feet, hog jowls, and other parts not wanted by whites, because they were both available to them and affordable for the very poor.
		Pork is also a shortened form of pork barrel spending, a term from politics.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Pork (384 words)

	NTN: The Great Australian Pork Barrel
		"Pork barrel" is a term used to describe government sponsored (funded) projects that provide benefits for a particular congressional district or state and that have the added effect of helping an elected official win votes, earn the backing of local interests, and gain financial support for re-election.
		The classic defence of pork barrel spending argues that a degree of pork barrel spending is permissible so long as projects are widely distributed and a rough democratic justice is achieved.
		Pork barrel spending is not efficient or economically rational, but it may be necessary to grease the wheels of democracy.
	www.nrg.com.au /~porkbarrel/new/intro.htm (296 words)

	ipedia.com: Pork barrel Article
		Pork barrel is a derogatory term used to describe government spending that is intended to enrich constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign cont...
		Pork barrel is a derogatory term used to describe government spending that is intended to enrich constituents of a politician in return for their political support, either in the form of campaign contributions or votes.
		One of the earliest examples of pork barreling was the Bonus Bill of 1817, which was introduced by John Calhoun to construct highways linking the East and South of the United States to its Western frontier using the earnings Bonus from the Second Bank of the United States.
	www.ipedia.com /pork_barrel.html (248 words)

	Public Interest: In praise of pork - pork barrel spending
		In exchange for an increase in pork barrel spending, however, members of Congress just might be willing to bite the bullet and make the politically difficult decisions that will be required if the federal deficit is ever to be brought under control.
		No reasonable observer would argue that pork barrel spending has always been employed as a force for good or that there are no pork projects that would have been better left unbuilt.
		But singling out pork as the culprit for our fiscal troubles directs attention away from the largest sources of budgetary growth and contributes to the illusion that the budget can be balanced simply by eliminating waste and abuse.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0377/is_n110/ai_13394527 (1374 words)

	Georgia gets lean slice of feds' pork \| ajc.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		His eatery is almost as famous for its walls covered with GOP memorabilia as it is for the wooden, pink-painted pig cutouts that cover the hill behind it.
		The criteria it uses, which include projects not requested in the administration's annual budget and those not competitively awarded, are designed to catch federal spending that happens "in the middle of the night and at the last minute," said David Williams, vice president of CAGW.
		In 2000, when overall pork spending counted by CAGW was $17.7 billion, Georgia had $139 million in pork projects.
	www.ajc.com /metro/content/metro/0405/18pork.html (902 words)

	In Praise of Pork
		The interesting, little-known, and ignominious origin of the term "pork barrel" comes from early in American history, when a barrel of salt pork was given to slaves as a reward for their work.
		Because pork projects are easily distinguished by voters from the ordinary outputs of government, they provide an incumbent with the opportunity to portray himself as a "prime mover" who deserves to be reelected.
		But if pork is a permanent part of the political landscape, it is incumbent upon leaders to ensure that taxpayers get something for their money.
	www.stewardschool.org /spartanet/webs/lee/InPraiseofPork.htm (1776 words)

	TimesDispatch.com \| Congress serves plenty of pork (Site not responding. Last check: )
		What is pork to one member is a necessary project to another.
		Pork can be small - $3,708 for "Grapefruit/Drug Interaction" in Winter Haven, Fla., $35,000 for an Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and $100,000 for the Shenandoah Valley Travel Association.
		Medium-size pork in the latest bill included $1.5 million for wood products wastewater treatment plant repairs in Canton, N.C., $3 million for the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and $10 million for the Medical University of South Carolina Oncology Center in Charleston.
	www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779321391 (571 words)

	The House Democrats' $23 Billion Pork Slush Fund and Spending Spree
		Not until soon before spending bills return from the conference committee would the list be released, leaving lawmakers without the chance to debate or amend any earmarks, only to vote up-or-down on entire conference reports.
		Many of these pork projects are shepherded through Congress by lobbyists, who, for a generous commission, ensure that a client gets a government grant without having to go through the regular process of justifying a project to a federal agency.
		While pork projects are often carved out of a program's budget, they put upward pressure on program budgets by reducing the amount of money available for distribution by merit or formula.
	www.heritage.org /Research/Budget/wm1503.cfm (957 words)

	FactCheck.org: What percentage of the national spending is pork?
		Pork-barrel spending is funding allocated for legislators' pet projects, often without public hearings or a request from the president.
		In 2005, CAGW identified 13,997 projects costing $27.3 billion that met its definition of pork spending; as in 2006, that was about 1.1 percent of total spending.
		Most pork spending comes in the form of "earmarks," which are items inserted in federal spending bills at the specific request of a House or Senate member.
	www.factcheck.org /askfactcheck/what_percentage_of_the_national_spending_is.html (244 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Utah shifts from 'porky' to lean (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The watchdog group said Utah had the biggest per capita drop in federal pork-barrel spending of any state last year — mostly because years of heavy federal support for the 2002 Olympics is obviously no longer needed now that the Games are completed.
		This year, the group said approved per capita pork spending in Utah dropped to $41.27, ranking it 23rd among the states.
		It defined pork as spending to benefit a local interest, often championed by a local member of Congress.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,380011728,00.html (600 words)

	Chapter17_Assignment_Top_Five_Pork_Barrel_Programs (Site not responding. Last check: )
		"Pork barrel" is a term used to describe government sponsored (funded) projects that provide benefits for a particular congressional district or state and that have the added effect of helping an elected official win votes, earn the backing of local interests, and gain financial support for reelection.
		Critics of pork barrel spending maintain that it wastes taxpayers' money and benefits the reelection chances of incumbent politicians and powerful committee chairpersons in Congress.
		The classic defense of pork barrel spending argues that a degree of pork barrel spending is permissible so long as projects are widely distributed and a rough democratic justice is achieved.
	www.wwnorton.com /nrl/polisci/weir3/browse/chapter_assignments/17/Ch17_AssignPork.html (589 words)

	What You Need to Know About Pork Barrel Spending -- FreedomWorks.org
		Defined as, “a government project or appropriation that yields jobs or other benefits to a specific locale and patronage opportunities to its political representative,” to understand the intricacies of pork barrel spending it is important to first understand the budget process.
		Pork barrel spending occurs when Members of Congress use the appropriations process to circumvent the federal funding system.
		Pork barrel spending is a time-honored tradition, however, with the burgeoning economy it reached new and dangerous levels.
	www.freedomworks.org /informed/issues_template.php?issue_id=925 (970 words)

	Catfish get $500K, but shrimp, $4M=TheHill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: )
		CAGW defined pork as any spending allocation requested by only one chamber of Congress, serving only a local or special interest, or “greatly” exceeding previous funding or requests for funding.
		The organization also identified pork as a spending project that was not specifically authorized, competitively awarded or the subject of a congressional hearing.
		The latter expenditure was categorized as spending for defense.
	www.hillnews.com /news/040903/pork.aspx (580 words)

	Corpus Christi Caller Times Caller.com - Congress gives $1 billion to collegesTexas is 2nd-largest recipient of funds ...
		The total is more than 30 percent greater than last year's record $797 million, the journal said, and it's a sizable portion of the $40 billion in this year's overall federal appropriations for higher education, which includes student aid.
		The Chronicle, a Washington-based weekly, analyzed spending in the federal budget for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30.
		Much of federal spending for higher education goes through a review process, and federal agencies hold competitions to choose recipients of money for research, facilities and other projects.
	www.caller2.com /2000/july/23/today/national/172.html (380 words)

	AllPolitics - At The Trough: Pork's Persistence - June 9, 1997
		Congressional lawmakers are pushing pet spending projects as hard as ever, and, while most used to go to the Democrats, it's now the GOP's turn to dish out the financial favors.
		In era of substantial deficit spending, some recent projects may strike some as questionable -- $500,000 to study grape farming; $473,000 to study human nutrition, including low-fat snack foods; $785,000 for bluefish/striped bass research.
		They point out that pork spending is heavily concentrated in the districts and states of congressional appropriators, skewing federal resources and giving a select group undue influence.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/1997/gen/resources/pork (1487 words)

	Glutted on pork - The Washington Times: Commentary - December 02, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		If Pentagon and homeland defense spending is removed, the rate of spending growth is cut to about 1 percent.
		Congress tried to control its pork-barrel spending appetites by passing a line-item presidential veto that empowered the president to eliminate these back-pocket spending provisions while signing the rest of the money bills into law.
		A better approach might be budget-making reforms that forbid individual members of Congress from inserting earmarked spending provisions on their own, unless they are passed by a roll call vote in the appropriations committee and then, individually, by the full House and Senate.
	www.washtimes.com /commentary/20041201-090800-9985r.htm (832 words)

	Fool.com: What's the Beef With Pork? [Commentary] May 6, 2003
		Every year, pork barrel legislation finds its way into the federal budget, most perniciously as earmarks.
		Pork is spent via earmarks -- specific appropriations that direct federal agencies to spend funds in a certain way.
		When Congress directs an agency to spend under a program through which it might otherwise solicit competitive bids or award under merit criteria, it reduces the amount of money available to other more efficient or deserving recipients.
	www.fool.com /news/commentary/2003/commentary030506TJ.htm?source=EDNWFT (1411 words)

	Cato Handbook for Congress: Pentagon Pork
		The pork can include such items as unnecessary weapons programs and military bases that are not needed for national security but remain open to provide economic benefits to the surrounding communities.
		Spending on the Javelin hand-held, anti-tank missile built by Texas Instruments in Lewisville, Texas, for example, would help preserve 556 jobs in the district of Rep. Dick Armey (R-Tex.), the House Majority Leader.
		Wasteful military spending is hardly a new topic, but its perennial appearance in the DoD budget is embarrassing for the Republicans to explain--especially when they defend pork-barrel programs even as they argue that national defense is underfunded.
	www.cato.org /pubs/handbook/hb105-8.html (2282 words)

	Pork barrel technology projects on the rise \| CNET News.com
		Not all the programs included in earlier drafts of the legislation, which was supposed to pay for Department of Defense operations and the war in Iraq, were included in the final version that President Bush signed Dec. 30.
		Exact figures are difficult to obtain, mostly because spending bills tend to be intentionally obfuscated and specifics are usually absent from legislative text.
		Pork is criticized by taxpayer advocacy groups for precisely the reason it's beloved by politicians: handing federal dollars to politically favored recipients.
	news.cnet.com /2009-1028-6050719.html (1125 words)

	Government watchdog sees more tax dollars going to pork - Apr. 15, 2005
		"Pork is the inevitable feature of the democratic process," said Kevin Hassett, a director of economic policy studies who specializes in tax policy at the American Enterprise Institute.
		This year's record pork spending amounts to a drop in the bucket of President Bush's last budget proposal coming in at $2.6 trillion for 2005.
		Moreover, the past 14 years of pork barrel spending identified by the CAGW adds up to $212 billion -- not even a third of the 2005 federal budget deficit projected by the Congressional Budget Office.
	money.cnn.com /2005/04/15/news/economy/pork (749 words)

	FT.com / World / US - Oinkers reward US politicians who thrive on pork
		Three hundred thousand dollars to improve public transport at Disneyland in California; $25,000 to fund the study of Mexican mariachi music in Nevada schools; $70,000 for the Paper Industry Hall of Fame in Wisconsin; and $100,000 to a charitable foundation run by Tiger Woods, the multi-millionaire golfer.
		These were among the winners in the 2005 Oinkers, an annual award ceremony in Washington to recognise the most egregious examples of pork barrel spending by vote-hungry US politicians.
		Pork barrel spending public funds secured by politicians to promote special interests, usually in their own constituencies increased 19 per cent to a record $27.3bn last year, according to Citizens Against Government Waste, which organises the Oinkers.
	news.ft.com /cms/s/7118a80c-a6c7-11d9-a6df-00000e2511c8.html (174 words)

	CNNfyi.com - Pork barrel spending - March 14, 2001
		To demonstrate how and why pork barreling occurs, have the class simulate a state legislature.
		Ask each student to list his or her top 10 spending priorities, keeping in mind the constituents who voted him or her into office once -- and could do it again.
		Use their discussion to illustrate how some of these pork barrel expenditures occur in real legislatures.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/fyi/lesson.plans/03/14/pork.barrel.da (478 words)

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