Exactly there have been plenty of research done on this but it boils down to this. For early childhood education alone, every dollar invested in quality early care and education saves taxpayers up to $13.00 (web.mit.edu/workplacecenter/docs/Full%20Report.pdf). And that ratio increases the further the kid goes through school. Also for every dollar spent on education, states generally get back over $10 to $20 in taxes. If anything that's an incredibly cheap investment that gets a huge return.
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:06 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> "The overwhelming refusal of some to acknowledge that funding education is >> the best investment we could make astonishes me." >> >> I call bull shit. >> >> If your state is lacking in skilled people and it is not running a deficit, >> it might be worth while to help educate people in certain fields. There is >> no reason a state should be helping pay to educate more political >> scientists, art historians, philosophers, historians, and such. >> > > I disagree, which is odd, cuz i rarely agree with Gel. > > But but I think it's true that education is the single most important thing > to help a society. Why should the government subsidize education? Because > it is so damn important. If you raise my taxes....and i know that my > "investment" (which is what it becomes) is going to be spent so that more > of my fellow citizens can get an education.....then...well...sign me up. > > There is a great reason for the state to help educate more poli sci's, art > historians, philosophers, etc. etc. Because then we'll have more poli > sci's, art historians, philosophers.....and less drop outs. You highlighted > "weak" fields to help prove your point, but this also means more computer > scientists, engineers, doctors, teachers...etc. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
