Comment Re:What a Waste (Score 2, Interesting) 458
While those numbers are true, I don't think they are a fair comparison. The school expenditure numbers referenced above also include the state and local spending for schools (where the majority of school funding comes from). Here is the relevant quote directly from your quoted source:
"By far, the greatest part of education revenues came from nonfederal sources (state, intermediate, and local governments), which together provided about $346 billion, or 92.7 percent of all revenues."
I think the original poster was wishing that the federal government would put as much emphasis on education (financially at least) as it does on the military. Whether more money would fix the educational system in America is open for debate of course.
"By far, the greatest part of education revenues came from nonfederal sources (state, intermediate, and local governments), which together provided about $346 billion, or 92.7 percent of all revenues."
I think the original poster was wishing that the federal government would put as much emphasis on education (financially at least) as it does on the military. Whether more money would fix the educational system in America is open for debate of course.
