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> funding for that is not adequate to the point where you can reasonably expect it to continue as usual in the midst of a global pandemic The US spends way mor

> funding for that is not adequate to the point where you can reasonably expect it to continue as usual in the midst of a global pandemic The US spends way more on education per capita than many countries that were able to keep their schools open during 2020-2021: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd

quadrifoliate 5y ago
> The US spends way more on education per capita than many countries that were able to keep their schools open during 2020-2021: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd The US also spends way more on healthcare and has worse outcomes. Those countries also have way different societies, taxation regimes, healthcare, attitudes towards vaccination, and social safety nets. It's hard to find a country that you can fairly compare the US to in all respects.
- kwhitefoot 5y ago
  > It's hard to find a country that you can fairly compare the US to in all respects. Surely that is the point of making the comparisons: to highlight the differences, omissions, and additions so that they can be addressed.
- vertis 5y ago
  There may be differences in taxation, but there are more similarities than differences. Every resident/citizen of EU/US/UK/Australia is subject to income tax at some level. The tax rates are even roughly equivalent[1], at least at the low-to-mid end. And yet Australia has universal healthcare (among other things). Universal healthcare isn't perfect, but it is significantly better than sickness or injury causing a risk of bankruptcy (etc). [1]: https://sendmoneyaustralia.com/tax-rates-in-australia-comparison-to-usa-uk/ https://sendmoneyaustralia.com/tax-rates-in-australia-compar...
pvaldes 5y ago
One of the problems could be that spends a lot of money also on misinformation and "dis-education". Is not a problem from US exclusively. Sign of the times.
rjbwork 5y ago
I haven't looked at the numbers in a while, but I think we also have much more top heavy education organizations, and much more unequal distributions of funds due to the bulk of funding coming from local property taxes. So, while we may, at a national level, have higher per capita spending, many, and maybe even most, places have much lower per capita spending.

quadrifoliate 5y ago

> The US spends way more on education per capita than many countries that were able to keep their schools open during 2020-2021: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmd The US also spends way more on healthcare and has worse outcomes. Those countries also have way different societies, taxation regimes, healthcare, attitudes towards vaccination, and social safety nets. It's hard to find a country that you can fairly compare the US to in all respects.

kwhitefoot 5y ago
> It's hard to find a country that you can fairly compare the US to in all respects. Surely that is the point of making the comparisons: to highlight the differences, omissions, and additions so that they can be addressed.
vertis 5y ago
There may be differences in taxation, but there are more similarities than differences. Every resident/citizen of EU/US/UK/Australia is subject to income tax at some level. The tax rates are even roughly equivalent[1], at least at the low-to-mid end. And yet Australia has universal healthcare (among other things). Universal healthcare isn't perfect, but it is significantly better than sickness or injury causing a risk of bankruptcy (etc). [1]: https://sendmoneyaustralia.com/tax-rates-in-australia-comparison-to-usa-uk/ https://sendmoneyaustralia.com/tax-rates-in-australia-compar...

pvaldes 5y ago

One of the problems could be that spends a lot of money also on misinformation and "dis-education". Is not a problem from US exclusively. Sign of the times.

rjbwork 5y ago

I haven't looked at the numbers in a while, but I think we also have much more top heavy education organizations, and much more unequal distributions of funds due to the bulk of funding coming from local property taxes. So, while we may, at a national level, have higher per capita spending, many, and maybe even most, places have much lower per capita spending.