Kate Brown Ch8 Q6

The topic I found the most interesting was the explanation and controversy involving earmarks. This chapter was about small organized groups and with those groups comes the inevitable fight for attention for your specific earmark. Despite the fact that people are against earmarks and believe they are corrupt and unfair they fight for their own because it will benefit their own small group. Along with this goes the idea that politicians can do no right. The hypocrisy surrounding earmarks is acknowledged when Wheelan discusses his run for Congressman. He explains that the candidates were put in a position where they had to state that they were either in favor of earmarks or that they didn't want to help a children's hostpital. This is part of what proves that earmarks are inevitable. People will always fight for the benefits of their own small group.