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The US is at or near the top of all western countries on educational spending per student: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp https://nces.ed.g
by recursivedoubts 6y ago
The US is at or near the top of all western countries on educational spending per student:
https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cmd.asp
- formerly_proven 6y agoThe US also has the highest spending in health care per capita. Spending does not equal outcomes.
- recursivedoubts 6y agoYes, I agree. But the comment implied neglect, which is false. Our education system is a mess, but it's not due to neglect, and it doesn't have anything to do with manufacturing being shipped abroad. As a side note, the US has the second highest public spending per capita (second only to Norway, last I checked). Our Government spends more per citizen than all but one "socialist" country. We then of course spend another doubling of that in private expenditures, and, yes, get worse outcomes. The US is in a very bad spot.
- greedo 6y agoHow much of that public spending is on the prison industrial complex? On "law and order?" Not all public spending is equal.
- recursivedoubts 6y agoThat is public spending on healthcare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
- s1artibartfast 6y agoWhile I am generally sympathetic to the education and healthcare points, I would be interested in seeing the public spending per capita after defense spending.
- recursivedoubts 6y agoI should have been clearer: that is public spending on healthcare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...
- s1artibartfast 6y agoThanks for clarifying.