My classmate posted a blog about pork barreling, government spending for localized projects, such as, "The Bridge to Nowhere" the Gravina Island Bridge in Alaska connecting 50 residents to another island that cost $398 million.
I enjoyed reading this post because I could not agree more with the statements my classmate made. He gave great examples of how some government projects are use specifically for local communities to make congressmen more appealing to their voters, and how the money used for these projects could have been made useful for more important issues.
He provided some links and some great political cartoons that reflected his ideas, you could definitely see his personality coming out through his writing.
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