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Many, conservatives and liberals alike, hoisted up the $50 million proposed subsidy as a case study of “pork barrel” spending.<ref>[http://cagw.org/content/pig-book-2004 "2004 Congressional Pig Book Summary"], Citizens Against Government Waste, accessed April 2016</ref> For example, [[State Policy Network]] member [[Public Interest Institute]] called the project "The Iowa Pork Forest" (in an article written by David Hogberg, no pun intended)<ref>[http://www.limitedgovernment.org/publications/pubs/briefs/pdfs/brf11-20.pdf "The Iowa Pork Forest, Part I"] David Hogberg, Public Interest Institute, July 2004, accessed April 2016</ref>, while liberal economist [[Robert Reich]] called the project proposal "Republican Pork."<ref>[http://prospect.org/article/republican-pork "Republican Pork"] Robert Reich, The American Prospect, December 23, 2003, accessed April 2016</ref> The museum – the official project name being the Iowa Child Institute, which mentions that Conrad lobbied on its behalf on its 2003 Internal Revenue Source 990 form<ref>[http://pdfs.citizenaudit.org/2004_08_EO/42-1506245_990_200312.pdf Iowa Child Institute 2003 IRS 990 Form], U.S. Internal Revenue Service, accessed April 2016</ref> – has yet to be built but maintains a web presence and calls itself "Earthpark."<ref>[http://earthpark.net/about/index.php Earthpark], "About Us," accessed April 2016</ref>

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