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Re:Buy payphones and retire by jayd16 on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @01:58AM (#41979858)
I think people understand that, for example, investing in schools generates more value than you put in.
Re:Buy payphones and retire by eru on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @03:26AM (#41980329)
I appreciate your point in general, but I doubt the specific one you made. At least for the US.

The US ever larger amounts of money per pupil (around $17,280 per pupil annually these days according to the Internet), but educational outcomes haven't really changed much over the decades. Whether you measure that in absolute terms or by international comparison.

Re:Buy payphones and retire by immibis on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @03:36AM (#41980408)
Are they investing or just wasting money?
Re:Buy payphones and retire by eru on Tuesday October 29, 2024 @03:45AM (#41980468)
They are certainly trying to.