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"state funding for higher education has been nearly monotonically decreasing since the 80s" That's not because of taxes. Taxes haven't gone down. Doctors and
by WildUtah 11y ago
"state funding for higher education has been nearly monotonically decreasing since the 80s"
That's not because of taxes. Taxes haven't gone down.
Doctors and Pharma have extracted ever more cash from Medicaid. Wall Street has badly mismanaged public pensions as public unions have demanded ever richer pensions. Prison populations have multiplied. It all adds up to less money in state budgets for education.
- sanxiyn 11y agoActually, state budgets for education increased, a lot, even if you adjust for inflation. What decreased is state budgets for education per student. That is, budgets increased, but the number of students increased faster.