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Monday, October 05, 2009
Sen. Harkin Gets You To Pay $7 Million For Iowa Schools, Then Congratulates Himself
Posted by: Jillian Bandes at 12:58 PM
The Harkin Grant Program earmark, humbly named for and by the Senator who procured it, sucks money from the federal treasury and puts it in the hands of Iowa teachers unions schools. Harkin didn't explain the rationale for why Americans in other states should pay for Iowa school improvement when schools in those other states are suffering.

HT Jim Harper


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vladimir estragon writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 3:03 PM
Exeye
"Every single Dem, Rep, out. Gone. See ya. Followed by Constitutional Amendment- single issue bills only, applied nationally, no amendments, no add-ons, no special disbursements. Period."

First we need an amendment to guarantee that the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus will not discriminate against any American citizen based on race, religion, or gender.
Exeye writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 2:51 PM
Clean sweep 2010
Every single Dem, Rep, out. Gone. See ya. Followed by Constitutional Amendment- single issue bills only, applied nationally, no amendments, no add-ons, no special disbursements. Period.
vladimir estragon writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 2:16 PM
Mercy rule
Coop, thanks for doing the research. Go easy on the poor folks.

"I would just as soon see NO federal involvement in our schools..they are a LOCAL issue and should be dealt with locally."

Right: communities with money have good schools, while poorer urban and rural communities have lousy schools. Keep that status quo! Just keep the big, bad government out of it.
coopmeister writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 2:08 PM
honorable senator Ensign hand out too
Senator Ensign grabbed One half million for the Davidson Academy of Nevada with a student body of 44! or $11,300/student.
coopmeister writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 1:53 PM
Let's see Betwee Repubs in Mississippi
Mississippi's republican congressman and senator
stole $10,000,000 from the treaury to selfishly lavish on schools in Mississippi...

10 million! why should Americans fork over 10,000,000 to the Repulicans inMississippi?
coopmeister writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 1:48 PM
or Charles Grassley's $ 1.1
Charles Grassley thought it was fine to grab $1,100,000 selfishly grabbed 1.1M JUST for the University of Iowa!!!

disgusting
coopmeister writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 1:46 PM
Republicans in Mississippi, $5 million
I guess that (R) Thad Cochran of Mississippi's $5,000,000 "theft" of tax payor money in the same bill, for Mississippi schools, is an outrage too
Tea Party writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 1:33 PM
Harkin
is just another arrogant Progressive TOAD!
Vlad..I would just as soon see NO federal involvement in our schools..they are a LOCAL issue and should be dealt with locally, then maybe we could get back to real education rather than indoctrination..but that wouldn't sit well with you or Harkin's ilk because that would mean
no POWER to mold the minds full of mush into the Progressive anti American exceptionalism mold.
Nor would it keep the kids in the inner city in despair and on the DemonRAT Progressive Plantation.
vladimir estragon writes: Monday, October, 05, 2009 1:21 PM
Yup
"Harkin didn't explain the rationale for why Americans in other states should pay for Iowa school improvement when schools in those other states are suffering."

And Jillian doesn't bother to mention any earmaks that Republicans got for their states' schools.
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