From a survey reported in the WSJ …
When asked “Should the U.S. spend more money on education?” …
65% of the public says “yes” spend more on our schools.
When told that current spending is $12,922 per student annually …
The number drops to only 49% who say they want to pony up more dollars.
When told that higher education spending means higher taxes…
Only 35% support an increase on education spending..
More specifically, a majority doesn’t want to pay more taxes to support their local schools. Only 28% think that’s a good idea.
Bottom line That’s the nation’s debt crisis in a nutshell … if people aren’t reminded that there is no such thing as a free lunch, they can be persuaded to root for higher spending on education … and practically everything else.
If they’re asked to ante in, well, that puts a different paint job on it.
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