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Well US is putting like 54% of US yearly budget into military. That money must go somewhere. It makes sense it might produce best education. Compare it to 6% US
by omnimus 10y ago
Well US is putting like 54% of US yearly budget into military. That money must go somewhere. It makes sense it might produce best education. Compare it to 6% US is putting into education. I wonder what would happen if those two numbers were switched.
- cdaringe 10y agoLast I checked that figure was down a few points, but regardless, how I have strongly desired the same!
- tomcam 10y agoNonsense. The US spends about 20% on military spending. That includes the Veterans Administration: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/17/facebook-posts/pie-chart-federal-spending-circulating-internet-mi/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/aug/...
- Mvandenbergh 10y agoThe US spends 15% of total government spending on education. 6.4% of GDP is spent directly on education which is about 1% more than the OECD average. 12% is spent on defense including veterans. [numbers different than previous poster because I've used %s of total gov't spending rather than just Federal] So if we swapped then we would increase the US defence budget at the cost of education. Donald, is that you? http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/year_spending_2017UStn_18ts2n_2030#usgs302 http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/year_spending_2017UStn_1... https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp
- aleksei 10y agoI'd imagine the education spending per capita to be higher in the military though? So if that was swapped the point might hold.