BULL. "The rationale for the pork barrel system, thus far, has been that it adapts spending to local needs in a way that the national government cannot." Call this the "developmental rationale", which any politico worth his or her spur knows is a lot of bull. If politics is a game where reciprocity rules, pork is the currency to get the players into cooperating. Pork barrel by definition is a tool for reelection, on the one end, and a leverage for coalition building or policy support, on the other. If you abolish pork as such, what will take its place to serve the purpose? PORK PLAN. "Yes, abolish the pork barrel system. Empower the provinces instead." You can align pork spendings with devt plan in place using budgetary guidelines. If province is the area of choice, so be it. In short, pork and province are not enemies.
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 03:43:47 +0000
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