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“Pork Barrel became a political term in the post-Civil War era. A “pork barrel” is a wooden barrel full of salted pork given out to the slaves by the plantation owners. When it’s used as political term, it means that people get more jobs, and the president gets credit for it. However, not everybody gets treated equally. Pork barrel benefits aren’t given out based on rank. You get them based on political negotiations. Pork barrel projects makes jobs, which helps the economy, and it gives credit to the member who made the project happen. A current version of a pork barrel project is the war in Iraq. The president is giving out jobs, and he is getting credit for it. 

The Articles of Confederation were the original constitution of America. However, the Articles were a complete failure. One weakness is that all the states had to agree on one law. Even if a single state disagreed, then the law wouldn’t be created. Another weakness would be the states having the power to draft civilians into the army. Random people were drafted into the army, even if they didn’t want to. Also, the federal government couldn’t solve problems in the states. This left the states to fend for themselves.