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Edited by M37h3w3:
4/25/2013 1:40:11 AM
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Why are we cutting funding to public education?
It's virtually common knowledge that the more educated a person is, the more money they make (and in turn the more tax revenue they generate) as well as the less money they consume (either through social services and/or jail.)
So why, now, of all times are we cutting funding to public education?
We are in a financial situation where not only do we have a high debt but we can't even pay for all the things we want on a daily basis. This is a short sighted stop gap solution that is going to burn us far down the road.
And while we are on the subject: Why are there no public colleges? School is paid for by the government all the way up to high school where it suddenly stops. Why is the only option private college? And college isn't an elective anymore. A high school diploma isn't enough anymore. Two year and four year college degrees are requirements now for a middle class existence since our economy is using mechanization rather than manpower to reduce the costs of labor and increase productivity.
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I say cut more funding from our defense budget and pool that money into education.
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5 RepliesI have an uncle who is convinced that the reason education is being sacked is that less educated people tend to vote conservative. He always invites people to look at party affiliation by education level, and then look at who votes to cut education funding. I don't know if he is correct, but if the two figures relate to one another, the Republicans sure do appear to be doing just that.
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I predicted pretty much every ounce of rhetoric used in the replies to this thread. I must be psychic.
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because dumb people > smart people in the government's eyes.
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One issue is that education is handled by the states. Therefore, there are 50 different education systems in the US. Despite me being more on the conservative side, I think education should be handled by the federal government.
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Kids sit there and refuse to take advantage of a free education.
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Because Republicans.
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Because America doesn't value education like other countries.
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3 RepliesSince the Department of Education has been created, we've been spending more on education every year. Tell me then, if more money will solve the problem, why has the quality of our education gone down? The problem is not money, the problem is the federal government even being involved in education.
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You and your silly questions about important issues.
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6 RepliesWe should cut funding for public education because we spend more money per student than nearly every other nation, but we're ranked very low on the world test scores in math, science, etc. So unless you think Americans are innately more stupid than other countries, there is no reason why we should have to spend more money to be worse than everyone else.
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Because bag of dicks.
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Edited by Enlightened One: 4/25/2013 8:53:28 AMAlso.. don't forget.. Associate degrees are becoming more worthless every passing year.. Then Bachelors will become more worthless, and then Masters.. and then PH Ds.. Ahh.. Inflation.. You have got to hate it. : ) Most jobs now want you to have a Bachelors .. Give it another 10 years.. and you better have a Masters. And by then... A masters will cost 200k or more.
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Because the whole education system needs to be reformed.
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3 RepliesBecause it's essentially throwing money into a black hole. There is literally no reason to increase funding to the public education system unless you pass reform legislation and weaken the power of the unions in our schools.
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1 ReplyI'm guessing it depends on the times and the type of state the country is in. The USA is at the point of getting into another war (lel), and they're spending it more for defense. While I agree with you that public education needs more funding to advance the country, I'm just guessing the budget is situational.
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We are?
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9 RepliesAs you mentioned, we're in high debt. This debt is the most serious issue facing the nation today because it severely increases inflation and borrowing rates, destroys investor/consumer confidence, and leaves trillions of dollars for our children and grandchildren to have to pay off. If we can cut this debt down to manageable levels, confidence will finally return to the markets and the private sector will start hiring again. We also won't be leaving an economy in a precarious situation for our children. So cutting the debt means making sacrifices everywhere, and everyone is tightening their belts across the board. Education is just one of those places that spending has to be cut. But it will lead to a more robust economy and a better country. Yeah, literally none of that is true. But it [i]is[/i] the "logic" debt fanatics use to justify policies that have been proven to work in Fairyland.
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because reducing guns is obviously more important and a better way to waste money.
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Because increased funding has been a complete waste after the incompetent government made the joke of an education system even worse. It has really become obsolete.
