How Great We Are

[Max Sawicky]

Many moons ago an EPI study found that the U.S.
effort in terms of public spending on education was
much less favorable, in relative terms, if you confined
spending to K-12.  Spending on higher ed, of course,
is skewed to higher-income people.  At the time the
Bushies were yelling about how much the U.S. spent
relative to other countries, as background to their
attempts to poo-poo the importance of spending in
outcomes.

mbs


> 
> As far as health care goes, you're right. But I'd like to know in 
> which countries you think the health care problem is solved. As 
> for education, you're partly right, tho once again, some 
> comparisons would be nice. The US spends less per capita on 
> education (18% of per cap GDP) than Japan (19%) or Switzerland 
> (20.1%), but considerably more than China (6.5%) or France 
> (15.8%) or Australia (14%). As for military spending, etc., Max's 
> point applies: you're confusing the evil of the state with the 
> nation itself.
> 
> 
> Christian
>