[cloudmountain]

Paying pork is the only way to buy votes to get legislation passed. Whether it’s good or bad isn’t important. The question is, do I get my pork or not? No pork, no vote. Simple as that.
How do you think we get all these horrible laws. This is why the guy you sent there to do X and he votes for a bill to do the exact opposite. But, he got a bridge to know where for his buddies, he got a defense contract for the company that gave him $200k. He also got a museum named after him.

YOU are so right, General. Pork is part and parcel of our system.
There's nothing wrong with putting a little apple sauce with it--sweetening a deal, that is.

Our system AIN'T perfect SO I invite the naysayers to leave our country and live somewhere else. Why not? Let them SEARCH the planet for a better place to live than here.

Hah, it's my guess that they wouldn't last long anywhere else.

[freedomfiter2]

Most of the pork doesn’t pass the Tenth Amendment test.

[Gen.Blather]

“Our system AIN’T perfect SO I invite the naysayers to leave our country and live somewhere else.”

I don’t really mind so much that they send money to their state or district. (I gather this started in its current form when Andrew Jackson was president.) What I eject to is if they promise to support x, whatever x is and they pass a law that does the opposite because they got their pork. I sent him there to support x and I think if he says he does that he should. Period.

[freedomfiter2]

Most of the pork doesn’t pass the Tenth Amendment test.

[NorthMountain]

Pork is part and parcel of our system.

So ... you're OK with that? Pork barrel politics is just fine with you? Really?

Bullcrap!!!

Pork barrel politics works only to enrich and expand the power of a ruling class we shouldn't even have.

Here's our system. 99.9% of your precious pork-barrel politics directly violates our system.

I invite the naysayers to leave our country

GFY. This is MY country and my intent is to FIX it ... not wallow in corruption. You?