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There are still people in the US without access to clean water. In some parts of the country, primary and secondary school education is abysmal. As far as I'm
by verbify 10y ago
There are still people in the US without access to clean water. In some parts of the country, primary and secondary school education is abysmal.
As far as I'm concerned, it's a question of priorities. Sure, I love the humanities, but the government only has so many tax dollars, and studying Shakespeare in university is not a priority.
- dvtv75 10y agoSo if the government stops wasteful funding of those fields considered to be not profitable, then these problems will be fixed?
- conanbatt 10y agoIt depends on what the people demand of government. Subsidy on higher education is another way to increase the wealth gap.
- cpursley 10y ago> There are still people in the US without access to clean water. [citation needed]
- grzm 10y agoHere are two, the first having been reported on this past summer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/12/even-in-the-us-access-to-clean-water-can-be-tough http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/12/even-in-the-u...
- enraged_camel 10y agoHave you been living under a rock or something? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint_water_crisis