pork-barrelling
Funding for votes
Pork-barrelling is the practice of directing government funds to local projects primarily to win political favor with constituents.
A politician who secures a new highway or military base for their district is pork-barrelling—the benefit to voters matters more than national priority.
The term is almost always pejorative: Critics accused the senator of shameless pork-barrelling.
Also spelled pork barreling.
Designates for specific use
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
- allocationsDesignated shares of resources
Those who mount animals
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- clausesGrammatical or legal units
- logrollingTrading political support mutually
Favoring friends in appointments
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
- graftIllicit political gain
bribery · favoritism · backscratching · quid-pro-quo · pay-to-play
earmarks
Designates for specific use
- appropriationsDesignated funds for purposes
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- subsidiesFinancial aid from government
allocations · spending · boondoggles · misappropriation · embezzlement
riders
Those who mount animals
- amendmentsFormal changes to documents
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- clausesGrammatical or legal units
cronyism
Favoring friends in appointments
- patronageSupporter's financial backing
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- kickbacksIllegal return payments
graft · bribery · favoritism · backscratching · quid-pro-quo · pay-to-play
re-election
Voting someone back in
- ribbon-cuttingCeremonial opening event
pork-barrellingfiscal discipline
Controlled government spending
austerity · fiscal conservatism · fiscal responsibility · cost-effectiveness · deficit reduction
pork-barrellinggood governance
Accountable, transparent institutional management
statesmanship · civic virtue · public interest · transparency · incorruptibility
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