Pork: A Time Honored Tradition Lives On

In this article by Paul Starobin, pork is outlined and shown from two different sides of opinions on it. For me personally after reading this article, I would consider it wasteful. I believe that most pork-barrel spending is unnecessary and a waste of funding that could be contributing to more beneficial areas. It is dishonest and used to please people in order for self benefit. If there is a need for it in public services such as infrastructure or betterment for an area that is an entirely different issue all together. In a country drowned in debt, it is important that our national spending be spent on beneficial and necessary projects.