Spending by Congress
Bethell’s idea of assessing a congressman’s district proportional to the outlay’s he/she votes for would be impractical as well as penalize the poorer states.
The only practical ways to decrease pork barrel and control the deficit is to give the President the line-item veto and enforce the rule that amendments to bills have to be related to the core reason for the bill.
AUSTIN H. GALE, Los Angeles
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