Type of government spending typified by the Bridge to Nowhere

• Spending for political pet projects
• Pol's self-serving appropriation
• Politico's patronage
• Politician's pet projects
• Pet project legislation
• Spending for a pol's pet project
• Odd container for baby back ribs?
• Special-interest government spending
• Politician's pet project procurement

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of pork barrel English)