"... US government, for example, spends on “Defense” (including “preemptive” warfare) and Homeland Security, 8 times what it spends on educating the next genera

"... US government, for example, spends on “Defense” (including “preemptive” warfare) and Homeland Security, 8 times what it spends on educating the next generation... You know, whenever I heard numbers like those, it always seemed like it was missing some very subtle point, but I never could quite put my finger on it. I think I just figured it out: ..." About 6months ago I checked defense spending compared to education spending in the US. Here's what I found ~ http://www.backtype.com/url/seldomlogical.com/comment/00000035fe7634a7c3b761ae27d03ec6 http://www.backtype.com/url/seldomlogical.com/comment/000000... "... if you add up the money we spend on public education in this country, at the local, state, and federal levels (most of it is at the local level), it's about what we spend on defense. It may even be more ..." Defence at 4% (2005) [0] and education at 7% of GDP (2007-006). [1] But there is no mention of costs associated in the intelligence community. You can read more about the breakdown of spending for education in the reference. [0] 4.06% CIA Factbook, North America :: United States, Military expenditures ~ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/... [1] 7% of gdp on education US Department of Education. "Comparative Indicators of Education in the United States and Other G-8 Countries" (NCES 2007-006) http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007006.pdf http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007006.pdf http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:9mKwt-I-OKUJ:nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/2007006.pdf http://74.125.153.132/search?q=cache:9mKwt-I-OKUJ:nces.ed.go...