Does cutting pork really solve the problem?
Pork projects, discretionary spending, or whatever you want to call it, is capped at 1% of the total federal budget. Cutting 1% of the federal budget probably isn’t going to solve all our problems, so if John McCain is being elected for the purpose of cutting out pork projects that’s only going to save us $18 billion dollars.
For all the wrath pork projects receive, many of them are actually worthwhile endeavors. By cutting that spending we will be eliminating many of those grants, programs, and projects this money supports. While in the long run that probably would be a good thing for our country to cut it, I’m not convinced the problem has as large of an effect as it’s being pushed at.
Cutting out all the pork isn’t going to put a dent in our deficit or national debt problem.
Furthermore, the number has actually fallen in the last year. Have we put enough pressure on the projects to limit them or is this election year talk?
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