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Idea to send:	Topic Strangulation from "Pork" Content During 2007, the U.S. Congress approved over 11,900 earmarks ("pork" spending projects) at a cost of over $9 billion. The majority of these projects are frivolous, and serve little purpose other that to gain votes and favors from the constituents concerned. If all of this were not bad enough, additional pork comes in the form of no-bid contracts whereby billions of tax dollars are expended as a means to repay wealthy, politically powerful special interests providing support for certain politicians. Yet another form of pork is the billions of dollars expended for spare parts that are not needed, and even marked for destruction (or disposal) upon receipt. This is simply another way to direct funds to special interests. Similar patterns of corruption exist at the state level. The public needs to be better informed as regards these many corrupt practices, and the politicians responsible need to be defeated at the polls.