A healthy and future ready society needs an educated and literate population. From that it becomes a social goal and a social good with multi generational run o

A healthy and future ready society needs an educated and literate population. From that it becomes a social goal and a social good with multi generational run off effects that can't be measured in pure short term economics. That one of the richest countries in the world should shy away from this responsibility is a bit galling, more so because it seems to be purely so that bankers can make some money. You can't have a country purely of corporations and workers and the US has been moving in this dubious and dystopic direction for decades now. You need to build a society or everyone loses, eventually.