Pork Barrel is a derogatory term rooted in American English and refers to the allocation of the resources to a small segment of people in exchange for political support, which are funded by a larger community. Since the 1880's the pork-barrel politics is represented in the executive and legislative branch of the United States. When a government leader use resources in localized projects and in his area of influence and the cost of which is beard by common taxpayers it is denoted by the metaphor Pork Barrel politics.
