The pork barrel issue has further laid bare the ruling classes' greed and underscored their deliberate refusal to heed the people's grievances and their apathy at the glaring gap between their affluence and the hard, deprived and wretched lives of the toiling masses.
Ang usapin ng pork barrel ay lalong naglantad sa kasakiman ng mga naghaharing uri. Itinatampok nito ang kanilang pagbibingi-bingihan sa daing ng mamamayan at ang matingkad na pagkakaiba ng kanilang karangyaan sa hirap, salat at miserableng pamumuhay ng masang anakpawis.