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Your tax dollars at work

What with all the Katrina coverage lately, we almost missed this one: self-described "ninja parent" (I have no idea either) Marcela Garcini recently published an "angry op-ed" in the Dallas Morning News blasting the city's school system for not falling in line with No Child Left Behind. Little did readers know that Garcini's nonprofit group, received $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Education.

This is hardly the first time the government has been caught secretly promoting itself. But, hey, at least the Department of Ed. got something for it's money this time (though it could have hired me for a lot cheaper). According to USA Today, $1.7 million of our money went to public relations contracts that US officials can't account for, including a $631,775 grant awarded to the Cuban American National Council that appears to have yielded zero products and services. Zero.

(Via Spin of the Day)