Pork barrel
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Pork barrel is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district. The usage originated in American English.
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See also
- Advocacy group
- All politics is local
- Citizens Against Government Waste
- Client politics
- Corporate welfare
- Earmark (politics)
- Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006
- Golden Fleece Award
- Government waste
- Lobbying
- Money loop
- People's Initiative Against Pork Barrel
- Porkbusters
- Spoils system
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