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The response (usually) is “OK but whatabout the $X billion we spent on the military?”

Which isn’t wrong necessarily, but it doesn’t answer why or whether we should be spending so much money on everything else

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I actually agree here too. America (and Americans) spend waaaay too much, and especially on niche things that profit very specific subgroups. We need to get back to the basics. Johnny can't read[1], or do math. That should be funded long before we worry about today's PhDs, those kids are the pipeline of future PhDs.

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[1]-https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryancraig/2024/11/15/kids-cant-...

The state/local gov tend to be responsible for public education funding. in the US federal gov only does <10% of the funding.

US public education spending is also top 5 in the world so I don't think a lack of money is why "Johnny can't read or do math", something else is going on

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