Quote Originally Posted by chssooner View Post
Thankfully, education spending will be way up.

Medicaid did get either expanded or is well-maintained. So that should get a boost next year.
The additional spending approved just basically gets us close to the bottom instead of way at the bottom. But it is also about HOW we educate and the priority we place on it. The politics keeps their eyes on culture wars and don't seemed interested in preparing our kids for competing in the real world.

Medicaid expansion probably helps a little, but that is treating the symptom, not the problem.