> You're right, it's not important to have an educated citizenry. Did you, in all honesty, go through the public school system and came out with an "yeah we ne

> You're right, it's not important to have an educated citizenry. Did you, in all honesty, go through the public school system and came out with an "yeah we need more like that"? Seriously? > in all seriousness, i'd love for the US government to throw serious cash at teachers' salaries. it's basically a wise investment in the country's future. You really believe that? > so what if they're daycare teachers? we have plenty of $ to spend on providing a safe place and food for our children in the US for 8 hours a day. Schools, a safe place? Where did even you go to school? > a lot of the money is spent on the backend on welfare or prisons anyway, so it's probably not very expensive when the externalities are factored in. I'm pretty sure most of the prison inmates had their share of public education. > Finland You can't just pick your favorite nordic country and act like it is representative of anything. What about France? Total free government education and massive youth unemployment. What about Spain? Everyone is running around with one or more degrees, but no job.