There's plenty of work for educated people. And my understanding is that each dollar in education spending adds many dollars to the overall economy, an indicato

There's plenty of work for educated people. And my understanding is that each dollar in education spending adds many dollars to the overall economy, an indicator of its importance. What we need is wealth that's spread out more evenly so more of our educated (and just simply smart) people have the resources to apply that education in valuable ways. If you have a valuable education but the only way to make a living is to work for some tech company selling ads or writing increasingly sophisticated AI software then, yeah, you're being wasted. Or if the entire economy is aligned to whatever whim Elon Musk or Donald Trump in their most gracious overlordship feels like funding. The a lot of valuable people will be wasted.