That article, by and large, is right on the mark.

Interestingly, those that love big government and blame it for it's lack of responsiveness don't understand that much of that reason is because it's so big, so inefficient, and so corrupt, on every level.

Kristi, since you mentioned this in earlier threads, and this article mentions the projects to shore up the levys, have a read here:

http://www.startribune.com/stories/125/5602732.html

I think that about sums it up. Pork not only adds to government waste, cronyism, vote-buying, corruption, and inefficiency, it kills people.