At the beginning is an interesting speech. Then comes an even better lecture!


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Recall this image from the home page:


Certainly, it sounds nice when we say, "If we don't increase funding for our schools, children won't have the resources they NEED to learn! There is no other way." It is what we call a feel-good argument; that is, it has no real merit, but it makes you feel like a good person. Anyone who doesn't agree with this idea is indicted as being anti-school.

However, we can and should look at this objectively. The United States, as the above graph demonstrates, spen...
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