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What does pork-barrel spending achieve?

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It helps politicians win support from their constituents.

It helps politicians win support from their constituents.

It provides the poor and the elderly with necessary financial support.

It provides the poor and the elderly with necessary financial support.

It enables the government to build critical infrastructure.

It enables the government to build critical infrastructure.

It protects domestic farmers from international competition.

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It helps politicians win support from their constituents.

Explanation: Pork-barrel spending funds local or district-specific projects that benefit a lawmaker’s voters, which the lawmaker can use to secure political support—even if the projects aren’t broadly necessary.