The US already spends too much on public education. The average is around what I pay for private school. In NYC and other urban areas, public school spending per student is well above what I pay per kid. Do they have 14-16 kids per class with virtually all the kids finishing grade school with excellent academics? Didn't think so.
I'm with you on the expense of Libya, etc, but some of the "usual suspects" for where money should go instead are false choices, IMHO. Better to cut spending, then pay of debt, then with whatever is left over, cut taxes (there won't be any left over any time soon). Edu is the bulk of most state budgets, too, so it should get cut first, not last—it's not like the end product is an intelligent electorate, I'd be willing to be more HS kids (public) would be able to tell you some trivia about virtually any celebrity, and nothing at all about WW2, or even the Revolutionary War period.
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"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one." — Thomas Paine
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