Editing Pork barrel (section)

==Political science==
Scholars use it as a technical term regarding legislative control of local appropriations.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Bickers|first1=Kenneth N.|last2=Stein|first2=Robert M.|year=2008|title=The Congressional Pork Barrel in a Republican Era|journal=The Journal of Politics|volume=62|issue=4|pages=1070–1086|doi=10.1111/0022-3816.00046|jstor=2647865|s2cid=154556676}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Shepsle|first1=Kenneth A.|last2=Weingast|first2=Barry R.|year=1981|title=Political Preferences for the Pork Barrel: A Generalization|journal=American Journal of Political Science|volume=25|issue=1|pages=96–111|doi=10.2307/2110914|jstor=2110914}}</ref> In election campaigns, the term is used in derogatory fashion to attack opponents.  Typically, "pork" involves national funding for government programs whose economic or service benefits are concentrated in a particular area but whose costs are spread among all taxpayers. [[Public works]] projects, certain national defense spending projects, and [[agricultural subsidies]] are the most commonly cited examples. [[Citizens Against Government Waste]] outlines seven criteria by which spending in the United States can be classified as "pork":<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2006|title=Citizens Against Government Waste|year=2006|publisher=Cagw.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714103840/http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=reports_pigbook2006|archive-date=July 14, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>
# Requested by only one chamber of Congress
# Not specifically authorized
# Not competitively awarded
# Not requested by the President
# Greatly exceeds the President's budget request or the previous year's funding
# Not the subject of Congressional hearings
# Serves only a local or special interest.