REMINDER: The Ted Kennedy Shrine Cost Taxpayers $38 Million

The Daily Caller ^ | March 30, 2015 | Chuck Ross

[Timber Rattler]

The stated mission of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute is to teach the general public about how the U.S. Senate works, so it’s fitting that the shrine to the late Massachusetts Democrat is funded, in part, by $38 million in taxpayers’ money.

The $78 million combination museum and interactive civics exhibit was formally dedicated by President Obama on Monday. Besides a section honoring Kennedy’s 46-year political career, which ended with his Aug. 25, 2009 death, the Institute will offer a “Senate Immersion Module” which aims to teach visitors how the upper chamber works.

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On top of an $18.9 million Defense Department grant doled out in Sept. 2010, the Institute received $13.6 million from the Department of Education, according to USASpending.gov. In the 2009 federal budget, another $5.8 million was appropriated through the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services.

The state of Massachusetts gave the University of Massachusetts $5 million, earmarked for the Institute. As a senator in 2010, current Sec. of State John Kerry waged an unsuccessful attempt to earmark another $28.9 million for the museum, columnist John Fund wrote on Monday.

Fitting for a career politician known as “the liberal lion.”

Kennedy’s friends in the Senate are responsible for helping steer so much money to the Institute.

As The New York Times noted Monday, the $18.9 million Defense Department earmark was “funneled through the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.” That panel was once led by Kennedy pals, the late Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye and the late Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, The Times’ Carl Hulse noted.

“Here’s an unstated lesson: It pays to have friends running the Appropriations Committee,” Hulse wrote.

[Timber Rattler]

The old commie is still fleecing American taxpayers from his grave...

[SMARTY]

Did any of Mary Jo’s family attend the dedication?

[a fool in paradise]

the Institute will offer a “Senate Immersion Module” which aims to teach visitors how the upper chamber works.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

And, once again, Mary Jo Kopechne was unavailable for comment.

[JRios1968]

I hope this exhibit is there

[certrtwngnut]

The “swimmer” as Bob Grant called him certainly knew about “immersion”.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Dude! You have photo-du-jour.

[a fool in paradise]

It sounds like a lot of money but you have realize this is like constructing an American "Lenin's Tomb".

[cripplecreek]

[silverleaf]

excellent

[Farmer Dean]

Blowing 38 million on a Teddy shrine is the very definition of adding insult to injury.

[N. Theknow]

Kennedy....*spit*

[JRios1968]

I don't know...fool in paradise has a very good one in 3

[kenmcg]

The only deserving shrine to that fat B@$t@%d would be a bottle of scotch and a photo of his victim, Mary Jo.

[ronnie raygun]

Not bad for a drunken murdering pervert. Rats just love to selfengrandize with our money

[Clay Moore]

We went to the 6th Floor Museum in Dallas recently and someone had a Lincoln limo tribute car with seals, flags and the whole bit. It left before I could get over and see it better.

Some enterprising patriot needs to make one for this place as well.

[Savage Beast]

Does it have a water feature?

[BlatherNaut]

Disgusting.

[MeshugeMikey]

does it GET any more ridiculous than the Ted Kennedy ““Senate Immersion Module”?

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“On top of an $18.9 million Defense Department grant doled out in Sept. 2010, the Institute received $13.6 million from the Department of Education, according to USASpending.gov. In the 2009 federal budget, another $5.8 million was appropriated through the Department of Labor and the Department of Health and Human Services”

To the people that say we need more money for defense, education and all these other agencies I say “No you don’t need more money”.