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The per-pupil spending graph reminds me of the healthcare spending as a percent of gdp graph. They are both symptoms of the very American ideology that the onl
by narrator 16y ago
The per-pupil spending graph reminds me of the healthcare spending as a percent of gdp graph. They are both symptoms of the very American ideology that the only way to improve anything is to blindly spend more money on it.
- tomjen3 16y agoI doubt that it is an American ideology - it seems to be something pretty much everybody does.
- wyclif 16y agoYes, but speaking as a citizen of the USA, we spend the most with the least progress to show for it.
- tomjen3 16y agoProperly, but only because for generations you had the money to throw at the problem - the US powerhouse used to be able to pay extra because it was the economy on the planet that was in the best shape.
- wyclif 16y agoWe still have the money to throw at the problem. The real problem is that throwing money at education =! better education.