This is sidestepping a bit but education isn't a major part of our national budget, and it pays for itself if you look at lifetimes rather than election periods.
They weren't against education because of money though, rather because they genuinely believe people are less free, creative and innovative when they go through formal education rather than just being, well, "out there, doing stuff".
> This is sidestepping a bit but education isn't a major part of our national budget, and it pays for itself if you look at lifetimes rather than election periods.
That was one of my points, albeit not clearly stated.
> because they genuinely believe people are less free, creative and innovative when they go through formal education rather than just being, well, "out there, doing stuff".
Seriously? With formal education, I can do everything I could before, and some more. If they want to make human nature argument that I become more ingrained in the set ways of the particular formal education, then they need to invoke some serious behavioral studies and argue exactly why no education is better. I'm not trying to argue with you, it just annoys me that, young I assume, people influence politics without knowing how to make a reasonable argument. Maybe I'm just getting older, but it seems that younger and younger people believe that they have wisdom in their mind, and they need to get it out and not be influenced by old farts.
They weren't against education because of money though, rather because they genuinely believe people are less free, creative and innovative when they go through formal education rather than just being, well, "out there, doing stuff".