The point is a SINGLE person is making almost as much of a family by not working all year. In addition the United states spends a lot of money on schools: http:

The point is a SINGLE person is making almost as much of a family by not working all year. In addition the United states spends a lot of money on schools: http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/apr/21/jeb-bush/does-united-states-spend-more-student-most-countri/ http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/apr/21/jeb... Next white students in the united states are doing better than most of Europe. Note that the United states does poorly on the international PISA tests. But if you break it down by race you will notice that the education is working very well for white students: http://isteve.blogspot.com/2013/12/overall-pisa-rankings-include-america.html http://isteve.blogspot.com/2013/12/overall-pisa-rankings-inc...