February 17, 2010 2:33PM 

# Shameless Vote-Buying through Education? 

By [Neal McCluskey](https://www.cato.org/people/neal-mccluskey) 

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There’s [an act](https://www.cato.org/2010/02/17/public-schools-one-big-jobs-program/) for that! And [another act](https://www.cato.org/2008/08/01/stop-blaming-the-states/), and [another act](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8680), and [another…](https://www.cato.org/2007/09/27/tax-and-spend-101/)

Oh, did we forget to mention [the painful results](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9939)? Well, federal education “gifts” do have a tendency to [blow up in your face](http://www.articlesbase.com/cell-phones-articles/iphone-on-fire-568878.html).

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[Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) 

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