Yes, I agree. But the comment implied neglect, which is false. Our education system is a mess, but it's not due to neglect, and it doesn't have anything to do with manufacturing being shipped abroad.

As a side note, the US has the second highest public spending per capita (second only to Norway, last I checked). Our Government spends more per citizen than all but one "socialist" country. We then of course spend another doubling of that in private expenditures, and, yes, get worse outcomes.

The US is in a very bad spot.

While I am generally sympathetic to the education and healthcare points, I would be interested in seeing the public spending per capita after defense spending.

I should have been clearer: that is public spending on healthcare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...

Thanks for clarifying.

How much of that public spending is on the prison industrial complex? On "law and order?" Not all public spending is equal.

That is public spending on healthcare:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_hea...