tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post9648690821470826..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Cut somewhere elseJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-67728342797879028842010-11-19T19:09:12.423+00:002010-11-19T19:09:12.423+00:00I always find this type of story disturbing. Not j...I always find this type of story disturbing. Not just because of the hypocrisy that you point to but also because I fear the "Pork Barrel" politics of the USA affecting the UK.<br />Whenever Congress enacts a bill there are included amendments that have nothing to do with the act itself. In order to get the votes of key members of both houses, the bill has to contain something, whether it be infrastructure or public building, whatever in the constituency of that politician. The politicians election coffers are fed by business who expect lucrative Pork contracts to come to their area. It means that every enactment of Congress has a portion of its cost that has nothing to do with the bill itself.<br />Whenever I hear of a politician in Wales acting in the way you describe here I wonder if this is going to be the way of our politicians in the future.Peter Freemanhttp://hubpages.com/hub/The-Welsh-Americansnoreply@blogger.com