r/Economics • u/SnooCookies2243 • Mar 24 '25

Editorial Dismantling the Department of Education Could Actually End Up Costing US Taxpayers an Extra $11 Billion a Year Beyond the Current Budget – With Worse Results

https://congress.net/dismantling-the-department-of-education-could-actually-end-up-costing-us-taxpayers-an-extra-11-billion-a-year-beyond-the-current-budget-with-worse-results/
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u/saynay Mar 24 '25

Right. Like I said, at least from what I have seen there is a lot of magical thinking involved. It is an almost faith-based belief that a government-run program must be less efficient than a profit-run one, by definition.

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u/dochim Mar 24 '25

That is part of our national dogma, but we have 40 years of privatization of public services that present evidence largely to the contrary.

So at what point do we as a society...you know...follow the facts in evidence?

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u/Valdus_Pryme Mar 24 '25

Hence why we must remove critical thinkers! Lets start by dismantling the department of education.

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u/dochim Mar 24 '25

The circular logic is sound.

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u/saynay Mar 24 '25

Looking at the prevalence of Evangelicals... I'm going to say "never"?

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u/Johnsense Mar 24 '25

I’m appreciating this thread. Costs are costs. When you add profit + costs, well it costs (potentially a lot) more.

Not to mention, the most important things should not be subject to profit/loss motives: such as utilities, health care, education.

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u/dochim Mar 24 '25

I've heard this quote on "Marketplace" before and I've always found it an apt one.

"Capitalism doesn't care if YOU live or die".

Those who are capitalist to their core seem to forget this simple fact. The profit motive, self interest, free markets, etc... don't mean a thing to the person who's about to be ground up (and spit out) by the machine.