Harris Worthman, Chapter 4, Question 6

I found it really frustrating how politicians with a ton of power can act so selfish and in their own interests. In chapter 4 of Naked Economics he talks about how the government was to make a relatively simple decision of where to put funds for a particle accelerator. The choices were either Texas or Illinois. Illinois was obviously the better choice; "...it already had a particle accelerator and a major federal laboratory. Much of the scientific infrastructure was in place and would not have to be duplicated," but since president knuckle-head was born and raised in Texas he made the bold decision, despite all the good reasons to have the money go towards the Illinois particle accelerator, to create yet another billion dollar disaster and spend money on Texas, only to abandon the entire project later.