Anyone else watch, "The Cartel", on Netflix?
This is not about the mafia, but about the public school system and unions. While supposedly for the entire U.S., it mainly focuses on New Jersey, who apparently spends more per student than any other state in the union.
This documentary more a less focuses on the problem with government (enter 12clicks) where a system is broken, and the solution is to tax more, and throw more money at a broken system. This essentially touches on the gross waste and how it does not improve results or test scores. Something fairly common of government on the whole.
One again, the U.S. spends more than any other western country, and our 'quality' (much like healthcare) is below many of the 2nd world countries of the world.
It was an interesting couple of hours. A lot of it has been exposed or mentioned before, but it still is a good documentary. I always wonder what those with kids think about such things. I would be LIVID if I had children, was paying this money in taxes, and these numbers were correct in regards to my kid's chances (college, graduation rates, etc.).
Discuss.