January 29, 2010 4:08PM # Weekend Links --- SHARE - A [libertarian primer](http://bit.ly/cRoefG) on the real meaning of the phrase “campaign finance reform.” For more, read John Samples’ book, [*The Fallacy of Campaign Finance Reform*](http://bit.ly/dfYyeH). - New report shows that Head Start, a sacrosanct (and very expensive) federal education program, *doesn’t work*. So what should we do about it? [Give it more money of course](http://bit.ly/b9esyB)! - “In his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed spending another $4 billion annually on K–12 public education. He did not mention that state, local, and federal governments already spend well over twice what they did in 1980, or that [there has been no discernible improvement in student achievement during that period](http://bit.ly/bkrF0k).” Just sayin’. - Michael Tanner on [Obama’s faith-based boondoggle](http://bit.ly/d8asMd): “The faith-based initiative was a typical example of Bush-style “big-government” conservatism. It has been co-opted by the Obama administration as another weapon for social engineering.” ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).