Government Pork Cuts Mostly Among Businesses
Pork projects are always a hot topic, especially when it comes to those projects that benefit specific businesses and not the public. This year, as many politicians vow to change the way they do business and spend money, the money on pork was actually reduced for the first time. Even more surprising is the fact that the areas that the spending cuts were made on, were in the business sector and on private businesses where only the profit margin of those companies were aided. Considering how easy it is for Congress to approve projects like these, it is rewarding for the groups that work to reduce this spending to see these types of results.
With all the pressure being applied to local and national politicians from businesses and taxpayers, it is sometimes hard for them to decide where their loyalties will fall. Realistically, it is the taxpayers and voters that put them in office and many times, the businesses that keep them there, and that is why so many pork projects even make it into bills and passed in Congress. With the ten percent decrease that was seen this fiscal year, it is apparent that politicians realize voters are not happy with where the spending is going and are working to change how funds are dispersed.