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Re:As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered... by bko on Sunday March 21, 2021 @03:09PM (#26532982)
US spending more than average OECD country on education in relative terms (GDP) and even more in absolute terms due to higher GDP

It's just that high absolute amount of medicare spending throws off the comparison.

https://www.oecd.org/els/soc/PF1_2_Public_expenditure_educat...

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Re:As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered... by Tossito190 on Sunday March 21, 2021 @03:30PM (#26533148)
If you throw money at a black hole, and put the expenditures under the "education" column, that's where it will be counted. You should see the inane &#@* they buy, and the volumes of it they purchase.
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