nontheist
Well-Known Member
I can have a graph that conclusively proves you're a gay, child molestor.
It doesn't make you one but statistics and graphs are VERY easily manipulated to give a misleading conclusion.
But what if the conclusion is already there for everyone to see and the graph only outlines it? The question is do you not believe that we spent 610.1billion in education in 2009? Or the cost has damn near tripled inflation adjusted cost (which the chart describes)? With a big blank spot that says "state administration expenditures are excluded from "current" expenditures. Current expenditures include instruction, student support services, food services and enterprise operations. Beginning in 1988-89, extensive changes were made in the data collection procedures" and CATO clearly states it includes "all costs" The 800 billion number is floating around on what we currently spend a little over 12k a student. Your also dealing with two idiots that think the property taxes pay for all education when the tax payer pays 40% on federal on top of the state tax. Also they have said inflation has barely risen we paid 842 dollars per student in 1970 pre inflation.