Pork barrel an occasion of sin

I have come to the conclusion that the pork barrel institutionalized in our current political system can only be an occasion of sin. The evolution of the pork barrel in our political sphere has been disheartening. Instead of raising living standards by providing good infrastructure, opportunities for true and thorough initatives in education, health care and other basic services, it has become a racket. Excuse my simplistic terms. The pork barrel is so untransparent to us ordinary citizens. We do not know how it works, we hear all sorts of horrifying rumors about waste and chicanery and we see the proof through the shoddy projects and shady behavior of people connected with it from the elected representative down to whoever handles the funds and implements what they should be spent for.

In other words, the pork barrel in our Democracy is an occasion of sin, a source of ill-gotten gain for a few who are expected to be public servants but serve themselves first. There are obviously no controls or standards of how it should be properly handled. And if they are, they are honored in the breach.