If people were spending their own or their family's money for all of the bloat, better decisions and better education would be the eventual result. Right now t

If people were spending their own or their family's money for all of the bloat, better decisions and better education would be the eventual result. Right now things are driven by pressure groups and ideas that are incessantly repeated, but that have no basis in fact, both of which can shape policies freely when costs are simply shifted to the taxpayer. We are told that if we don't overspend on education, we'll have much worse crime. But spending on simply maintaining order, according to Malcolm Gladwell's book Tipping Point seems more immediate and effective. And people without the benefit of sitting in a classroom do not run out and commit crimes necessarily. But people who are more impulsive by nature, more likely to commit crimes are more resistant to schooling, the exact opposite of what is constantly repeated as proof that we must turn the minds of our children over to the government.