Quote Originally Posted by McLeodGanja
What the hell is a pork project?

I thought the thread was about fat people when I first read it, fat cats?
Yokinazu, has this right. "Pork" is usually any kind of federal spending on projects that don't have a benefit to the country as a whole but do benefit a particular Senator's or Representative's home state or district or cronies. Often, powerful members of congress can get line items inserted into bills that approprate money and are completely unrelated to the rest of the bill, like the $3 million for a golf program inserted into a defense apprpriations bill. This kind of crap costs billions a year.

Belly up to the trough boys and girls!