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The definition here is a fairly narrow one and doesn't nearly cover what I think of when I think of "pork".
by joebob42 3y ago
The definition here is a fairly narrow one and doesn't nearly cover what I think of when I think of "pork".
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- Guvante 3y agoI figured a group trying to eliminate pork would be a good measure. Remember that the vast majority of pork isn't actually pork but carve outs. I don't have specifics but take the infrastructure bill. You could have language setting aside $X million for a particular type of work. Then to get people on board you slice up that money to ensure certain areas get that money. This doesn't impact the overall spend directly and is very much the kind of thing the bill should be doing so is harder to call pork. And to be clear you couldn't count that money as all pork, you would need to adjust based on how much the original place would have gotten anyway. (Sometimes the allotment is just for show to give someone something to brag about at home)