On point #2, is school funding in aggregate really the problem? Yes, we've

failed miserably to adapt to other learning models, but we spend significantly more than the OECD average per student (only Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, and Norway spend more).

Perhaps we spend too much on education bureaucracy and not enough to actually teach our kids? I don't know what the root of the problem is, but at nearly $14K per student, we should be able to figure it out without having to throw a bunch more money at the problem.

And is lack of universal care really a problem? Are people being denied treatment because they don't have insurance? And who doesn't have access to insurance now. Between ACA subsidies for low income workers and medicaid for the truly poor, are people who want health insurance unable to get it?

Agree wholeheartedly with your last sentence though.

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