Sen. Harkin Gets You To Pay $7 Million For Iowa Schools, Then Congratulates Himself

Jillian Bandes | October 05, 2009 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