Something I learned while working in the public welfare bureaucracy was that the people complaining most loudly about welfare were often those whose applications were denied. In a similar sense, I think most people define "pork" as a legislative appropriation which benefits someone they don't like. Show me an elected representative who can't get money appropriated for his or her district, and I'll show you an elected representative who won't be around long.
Two things are certain: Americans will always get the government they deserve, and roughly half of the voters will be pissed off about something at any given moment.
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