Iron Triangle

==Three cornerstones==
The iron triangle includes:
:pork-powered Congress, 
:the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and 
:special interests. 
This iron triangle is the main culprit behind this massive failure of government. 
===Blame for all spenders. ===
In the wake of the horrific events in New Orleans and the Gulf, eyes turned to the lack of infrastructure. The breakdown was costly on many fronts. 
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is the federal agency charged with maintaining the levees that broke in New Orleans. Many claim, rightly, that the Corps’ priorities were mixed up. The agency hasn’t focused on the life and death issues that New Orleans, and so many other coastal cities, face. 
Congress also shares in the blame for this mess. The Corps has never met a boondoggle it didn’t like. But, Congress, after all, stuffed the Corps' budget full of pork projects.