March 28, 2008 1:16PM 

# Where Are Our Gold Medals? 

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

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One of the most revolting things that a politician can do is accept a hero’s accolades for passing a law that generously spends other people’s money. So I ask Rep. Tom Davis (R‑Va.), the other politicians [honored for giving D.C. students taxpayer dollars](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/26/AR2008032601176.html), and the officials who run the D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program, where’s my gold medal, and the gold medals for all the other federal taxpayers who actually fund the generous tuition grants for which politicians are being given such great adulation?

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[Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) 

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