25th August 2009, 9:37 PM
Ah, the usual right-wing obession wiht "pork"...
1) "Pork" is "useful local projects" by another name. It just depends on if you live in the area affected or not.
2) Spending of this kind is an extremely small percentage of the budget. Get rid of all of it and it would make just a tiny impact on the size of the budget deficit.
3) However, I do support greater transparency in allocations. They should be known things, not hidden riders no one knows about... but the actual spending itself is not a problem.
1) "Pork" is "useful local projects" by another name. It just depends on if you live in the area affected or not.
2) Spending of this kind is an extremely small percentage of the budget. Get rid of all of it and it would make just a tiny impact on the size of the budget deficit.
3) However, I do support greater transparency in allocations. They should be known things, not hidden riders no one knows about... but the actual spending itself is not a problem.