I agree. My point is not that the current system needs to be reinforced, but that it needs to be improved, and we should be willing to eat the cost to do it, be

I agree. My point is not that the current system needs to be reinforced, but that it needs to be improved, and we should be willing to eat the cost to do it, because if we let the current system stand, it will fall apart, and if it falls apart, game over, because almost everything decent in modern life depends on well educated citizens.