PD, you’re so right. Spending for defense is among the primary responsibilities of the federal government. It’s right there in the Preamble to the Constitution. But education funding is something for the individuals states to provide at least in theory (don’t even ask me about the US Dept. of Education). The reason the educational system is so inefficient in California is that the school districts are top-heavy with administrative costs for the bureaucracy that it creates an imbalance when it comes to the classroom environment.
Just as an aside, people having children who shouldn’t have them is a big problem causing many social ills, but to me it would seem a bit heavy handed for the government to dictate who should have children. Enforcing the borders and penalizing employers who employ illegals would have done a lot to mitigate this problem in California. It’s too far gone now, though.
