While this is of course sensational all I hear and read supports this. (California department of corrections outspending department of education, etc, etc). I

While this is of course sensational all I hear and read supports this. (California department of corrections outspending department of education, etc, etc). I think the problem in most of the western world is more general. We cultured societies of "individualists" the flipside of egoists. Most people just do not care what happens one or two generations down the road, they want their services, their money NOW.