Pork

Back in the day Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire used to expose government wasteful pork but no one paid much attention because his audience was limited to a few newspapers. In 1975 he began to issue his Golden Fleece Award which outlined ridiculous spending projects by various congressmen. Others over the years have tried to reign in waste and abuse without much success but to quote Bob Dylan, times are a changin. This time there are two major differences. First off Vivek and Elon are outsiders not directly controlled by the government and second they have social media. Every Golden Fleece they expose will carry with it the name of the congressman who authored it, the money involved and description of the pork. Most pork projects involve smaller sums and can be easily lost in the trillion dollar budget but together can add up to significant amounts hitting $18 billion last year. As hundreds of millions of viewers see these odd expenditures it will bring the attention to how the budget process works. This will give impetus to overhaul the more major aspects of spending.