It’s all in the family
With the recent pork scandal, we can see the power of the family as an institution, and how the interests of political families have overshadowed the political process. (Image from annawrites.com)
With the recent pork scandal, we can see the power of the family as an institution, and how the interests of political families have overshadowed the political process. (Image from annawrites.com)
The pork barrel is, above all, a disciplinary tool, a carrot for donkeys. It also functions to keep those in power in power and to redistribute a trickle of the nation’s wealth to the lower levels (image from Interaksyon).