Government+vs+Education+(DRAFT)

Government vs. Education Trevor Suzuki US Government Pd7 7 November, 2011

The Government ruins the education for the generations now and the upcoming. They make classes harder and more rigorous and challenges us the students. The expect us to prepare ourself for college. In this paper I wish to show the impact excess spending on defense has had on education, and my stance regarding this delicate matter.

From my perspective, I believe that it would be wise for the American Government to spend more of its funds on education and decrease spending on defense just a fraction, so that it can reach a compromise between education and defense. If I were to decide the outcome of this debate I would logically choose to cut some of the spending towards defense and spend more on education as the future of a nation depends on the well being and education of its children as tomorrow they will be the leaders and the ones making the decisions not the people in charge now who will be long dead by then. Moreover I think that if theUSAwould like to secure its future and also maintain its power status and should start spending more on education and spend more reasonably on defense as there is no need to spend that much on defense while the citizens of this nation suffer severally due to actions out of their hands. Neal McCluskey in his article “Investing in What Doesn't Work” stated that the government didn’t invest much money in education, although it’s one of the best investments that can be in theUSA. “But isn't education one of the best public investments we could possibly make? After all, doesn't spending on education give our students the skills and knowledge they need not just to spur economic recovery, but long-term growth? No. More and better education may indeed be a good thing, but government spending doesn't give us that. What it gives us is more waste.” Spending more on education would benefit theUSsociety more than excessively spending on defense. I agree that it is necessary for a super-power like theUSAto spend excessively on defense but I think it would be wiser to find a compromise between spending on education and defense. If theUSgovernment would spend more on education it will have a more positive result as people become more literate. If people are more literate then theUSwould be a better country, but instead we use it on a bunch of other things that we do not need. In conclusion I think it would be rather foolish of theUSgovernment if they continue along the path they chose to take and consider taking a different path which allows education and defense to prosper rather than education suffering and defense prospering.