Spending for a pol's pet project

• Politician's project
• Source of patronage jobs
• Self-serving legislation
• Politician's pet projects
• Wasteful legislation
• Special-interest government spending
• Politician's pet project procurement
• Type of government spending typified by the Bridge to Nowhere
• Pol's self-serving appropriation

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n. (alternative spelling of pork barrel English)