Pork

The congress passed the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package and only 9% of the money is dedicated to Covid. The other 91% is for various other items and projects, pejoratively referred to as pork. This is happening as one trillion dollars from an earlier relief bill remains unspent. Congress is notorious for acting in this manner. Find something that people want and then add the pork and say take it or leave it. Biden has refined this approach. He listed all the things that the bill will do for people and then said take back what you think is not worthwhile. It is like passing a bill that gives everyone a thousand dollars and then taking a poll to see if this is popular.