Pork-Barrel State

The government becomes the master of civil society, able to mould and shape it if there are no economic limits to the revenues it can obtain. Through the power of the purse, it can shape society in the politician's image. The fiscal state thus becomes a pork-barrel state.

example from wiki
During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, the Gravina Island Bridge (also known as the "Bridge to Nowhere") was cited as an example of pork barrel spending. The bridge, pushed for by Republican Senator Ted Stevens and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, was projected to cost $398 million and would connect the island's 50 residents and the Ketchikan International Airport to Revillagigedo Island and Ketchikan. Palin, who initially supported the project, later stated that she supported a bridge, but not this costly one.




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