You might consider that public education has been around for more than 2 centuries and has played a role in making us a world power; most importantly, the sciences, math, and engineering programs. Public education means it was funded by taxes. Each state used federal funding from the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890 to set up “land grant colleges” that specialized in agriculture and engineering. If you think that education is the equivalent of welfare, we are wasting time in discussion. Absurd doesn’t get it.
LOL Go ahead make things up. I don't think they are the same thing but in today's world the govt. subsidies of college education (which is what we are talking about on this thread) is why they cost so much. If you can't see that the I can only believe that you are somehow involved in public education and benefit from the govt subsidies.
Each state used federal funding from the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Acts of 1862 and 1890 to set up “land grant colleges” that specialized in agriculture and engineering.
Did it stop there? No! Now we have grants and subsidies to all colleges except the truly private ones.
Do you think that we have benefited from federal money running colleges?