On some level, I agree with you but there still remains the problem of conflict of interest. If we let Coburn do it, we have to let others as well. This could mean that a Senator could be a CEO of a major corporation (and would probably vote for pork directed at his industry). If they can et around that and the people of Oklahoma are okay with it, why not.
This could mean that a Senator could be a CEO of a major corporation (and would probably vote for pork directed at his industry)
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I think some of our CEOs would be pretty good Senators. In fact, JP Morgan and a group of private bankers once were looked to by the public when the economy turned south, not the Congress - because the Congress didn't have the power to do much!
So, if Congress didn't have the power to pork barel spend, then it wouldn't matter who was elected to the position. Congress has given itself the power to pork barrel spend -and create regulations that are = to pork barrel spending in that they steal money from us in the future rather then in the present.