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Pork is a pretty efficient way for the richer part of the country to subsidize back the poorer ones without making it look like socialism/communism. It partiall
by paganel 5y ago
Pork is a pretty efficient way for the richer part of the country to subsidize back the poorer ones without making it look like socialism/communism. It partially makes up for the huge demographic subsidies the richer parts of the country receive from the poorer ones as a result of internal migration.
- dragontamer 5y agoYour discussion point is interesting, but I'm not sure if I'm willing to take the stance that "Pork is Good". I'm simply a pragmatist. We know Congress is perpetually deadlocked and that we haven't had a proper budget in damn near a decade. Maybe its time to whip out the old Pork technique. That's all I'm saying. Anyone who studied how these budgets got passed 30 or 40 years ago knows: Pork was essential in building coalitions (especially across party lines). You scratch my back, I scratch yours. If you help me pass X Bill, I'll write a useless thing into the Bill that benefits your state. Lets bring it back. Lets get Congressmen working together again.