Andrew Coulson publishes this interesting chart depicting increases in real per-pupil government expenditures on education in this country and the benefits that spending has [not] produced.
These are percentage change increases since 1970. Total federal, state, and local spending increased nearly 140% since 1970. (The blue line. Remember, these data are adjusted for inflation and are per-pupil.) There has been no discernible improvement in student outcomes since then, and in fact, science scores have declined (The purple line).
Who benefited from this spending? The number of school employees per pupil increased by more than 70% since 1970. (The dashed line.)
Job creation is not an enviable policy goal - it's a social waste, and this is indicative of that.
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