I have a perfect example of log rolling that will make you puke. In the small town I lived in there were 2 factions of the population. About 1/3 of the population wanted to make a new clinic/hospital 2/3 didn't want to pay for it. Another 1/3 of the population wanted a new school, 2/3 didn't think we needed it. These were different parts of the population that mostly did not overlap. They decided to log roll by the hospitaliers supporting the schoolers and vise-versa. Still 2/3 of the population did not want these projects built and paid for with tax money!! Both of the measures passed in a referendum and property taxes skyrocketed and everyone was unhappy about that little factoid. Thus, the whole population of the town was robbed to support the doctors and teachers at a very high price that nobody wanted. Yeah, but we got the school and the new clinic/hospital, just as the f*ing log rollers wanted..