• artifex@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    This is true, but the scale goes both ways. For every dollar of public education you get $1+X out. This has been true for the vast majority of public education programs for at least the past half century. So public education is literally a good investment. I’ve never gone looking for data on ICE, but I’d bet good money that for every dollar in there’s a net loss.

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      3 days ago

      In order for that argument to be valid, the country would have to be run as if it could see beyond the next financial quarter.

      It is currently being run as if they are selling off parts of a stolen vehicle for scrap money, and maxing out all the cards they found inside.