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2007-05-24 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Steve White 2007-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Wish the politicians weren't so eager to play "pile on" with our tax money. I wish the President had the power of line item veto. I also would like to see "stand alone" bills--get rid of the pork. Where did this concept of "pork" begin?

Posted by Snearong Tojo2045 2007-05-24 18:20|| 2007-05-24 18:20|| Front Page Top

#2 A pork barrel (or pork barrel politics) describes 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. The term is thought to have originated on Southern United States plantations, where slaves were allocated the unwanted remainder of slaughtered pigs, or the "pork barrel."
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2007-05-24 19:14|| 2007-05-24 19:14|| Front Page Top

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