[quote=spdrun]Regardless, it is taught in some US places and political correctness doesn’t come into it.[/quote]

As long as it’s NOT a mandatory requirement as part of a broad sweeping federal education program, and as long as it is elective per state/district/county, it IS about political correctness.

The only way you FIX people who have money management problems is if you FORCE people to take a course on it across the country, no different than ensuring any any sort of minimum level of education about any other sort of topic in a public school.