Does the government In america spend more on education than Defence?

Pretty sure the total numbers are 834.5 billion for defense and 983.5 billion for education. It took me a second to figure out how the left is saying weird things like we spend more on defense than education. What they do is compare federal budgets and considering Educations local and state budgets account for more than 880 billion. So yeah the federal government doesn't put a whole lot towards education but it is a fact we spend more on education in the US than defense in 2017.

https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/year_spending_2017USbn_18bs2n_207030#usgs302 Links for your kinks.

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FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

Education is a state level expenditure.

Ellen · 46-50, F

@FreeSpirit1 In my state we spend over $15k per student. Seems like plenty to me. The problem is so much of it goes wasted.

SpaceAce · 31-35, M

@FreeSpirit1 It's actually way more local

FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

@SpaceAce yes,not federal.

katielass · F

@FreeSpirit1 the feds do spend money on education. here is a link to education spending for federal and stage from 1980 to 2016.

https://www2.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/history/index.html

FreeSpirit1 · 51-55, F

@katielass I know they do but people don't depend on federal money to run their local schools. It's the federal govt getting involved in activities that have nothing to do with running the federal govt.