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Brickbat: Like Taking Candy from a Baby

Charles Oliver | 1.10.2018 4:00 AM

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The Chicago Public Schools inspector general found that system employees "stole or misappropriated" thousands of dollars worth of gift cards that were supposed to be used as incentives for students and their families.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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