You and Your Neighbor's Pork | Brandon Arnold | Cato Institute: Commentary

You and Your Neighbor's Pork | Brandon Arnold | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Earmark advocates love to brag about their newest project and are pretty good at making constituents believe they're particularly adept at this practice. However, most members of Congress are bringing home such a small piece of the earmark pie that their constituents would be far better off if they never sent their tax dollars to Washington in the first place.

Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia are 'earmark donor states.' Their citizens receive only a small percentage of earmarks relative to the share of taxes they send to Washington. Yet 90 percent of the U.S. population lives in these donor states."