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> Healthcare, education, infrastructure... all of which badly need funding. Education is poorly funded? We spend more per student than any country except Norwa

> Healthcare, education, infrastructure... all of which badly need funding. Education is poorly funded? We spend more per student than any country except Norway as of 2015: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp The education system is not poorly funded. The money is poorly and inequitably allocated, and the system is poorly run.

docbrown 7y ago
> The education system is not poorly funded. Every SpecialEd teacher and student would politely disagree with you. Not every aspect of education is funded differently, even when factoring i’m better budget management.
- zip1234 7y ago
  That might just be an example of poorly allocated and more money should go towards special ed.
- jki275 7y ago
  That's an example of exactly what the comment you're replying to said.