No more free ride for federal grant hogs

Washington has an old joke: Nothing is more permanent than a temporary government program.Look past the quip and a pattern emerges. Programs created to address specific problems rarely disappear when those problems recede. They develop constituencies, build bureaucracies, and acquire defenders. Programs meant to die are kept alive through zombie funding long after their original purpose has faded.Federal grants are not entitlements. Recipients should earn and re-earn them through demonstrated pe...