The 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 sp

The 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