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Yet the federal government does spend money on education. This is a fact, and in no way am I being dishonest when I say that if the federal government spent mor
by D9u 14y ago
Yet the federal government does spend money on education.
This is a fact, and in no way am I being dishonest when I say that if the federal government spent more money on education then we would have a more well educated electorate.
The respective states actually do fund defense, although to a lesser degree than the federal government.
Kindly illustrate how I'm bending facts to sell a "distorted picture of reality?"
- ams6110 14y agoif the federal government spent more money on education then we would have a more well educated electorate I don't think this can be assumed. Funding alone is not a good predictor of educational outcomes [1], and the source of the funds (local, state, federal) also matters. [1] http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/study-finds-no-relationship-between-ed-spending-and-results/ http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/s...
- D9u 14y agoA two year study can hardly be considered to be definitive. I wonder what the results would be for a 20 year study? Also, my state is one of those which spends the least on education, so my views are probably skewed as a result.
- arrrg 14y agoYou cannot ignore the states. Cannot. That is not possible. To do that is to not comprehend (or not wanting to comprehend) how the US is actually structured. Yeah, the states spend some money on defense and the federal government spends some money on education, but to claim that the federal government has the same responsibility for education as the states is a gross and stupid distortion of reality. To even talk about this that way is so dumb, it makes my brain hurt.
- D9u 14y agoI find it reprehensible to ignore the fact that the federal government spends so little on education in relation to other expenditures. There is no "gross and stupid distortion of reality" in believing that our federal government should be doing more to facilitate education. Why is there a federal Department of Education? To fund education! When the federal government reduces education allotments to the states, the entire nation suffers as a result. http://www.economist.com/node/15330604 http://www.economist.com/node/15330604 http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/edu_edu_spe_as_per_of_tot_gov_exp-education-spending-total-government-expenditure http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/edu_edu_spe_as_per_of_tot_...