Major parties and politicians love pork barrel spending excesses and united in protecting them

Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Our opinion: Pork unites politicians

Warren Times Observer

Using a broad brush, Republicans, in general, tend to be painted as fiscal conservatives, always looking for ways to trim spending from the federal government on down, with a special knack for ferreting out waste. Using the same brush, Democrats, in general, tend to question defense spending.