> This reminds me of the argument that we should not spend more money on education, because education budgets have gone up, but test scores have not. The argume

> This reminds me of the argument that we should not spend more money on education, because education budgets have gone up, but test scores have not. The argument implies (but does not state, because of the absurdity), that spending less money would raise scores. The argument perhaps implies that spending less money would not lower scores, but as put here does not imply anything about raising scores.