re: Statistics?
Well thanks for providing the link Tom but even if you're right that somehow our spending per student on education has gone up nationally, then please explain to me why teachers such as my wife have to spend their own money on basic classroom supplies such as pencils and paper?
And, of course you have the right to comment on any subject you desire. We also have the right to afford you zero credibility because of your lack of an open mind about anything that goes against your hard-headed political ideaology.