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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (1546)	3/22/2005 10:42:14 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5290

Education is money and the more money you have, the bigger your military can be. * * *

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (1546)	3/22/2005 11:24:22 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 5290

Laz, total spending on public elementary and secondary education in the US was $454 Billion in the 2002-2003 school year. I'm sure it's grown a little since then, even with tight budgets in some states. ftp2.census.gov Add to that the roughly $36 Billion households spent on education (up through secondary, only) in 2003. bea.gov That's $490 Billion a year not counting higher education. Households also spent $96 Billion on higher education (college and graduate programs) in 2003, while state governments budgeted $60 Billion for higher education in 2003-2004 fiscal year. chronicle.com All together, that comes to at least $646 Billion a year on education. Do you know what we spent on defense last year? $485 Billion. bea.gov Is someone really arguing that we spend more on defense than education?