<story><title>US schools lay off hundreds of thousands</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-teachers-insig/u-s-schools-lay-off-hundreds-of-thousands-setting-up-lasting-harm-to-kids-idUSKBN23B39R</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tyree731</author><text>&amp;gt; Educational investments shouldn’t be dictated by transient economic conditions.&lt;p&gt;Could someone not make the same argument about the national defense?&lt;p&gt;Education is funded largely by local taxes, and local tax revenues are being gutted, so there isn&amp;#x27;t much that can be done here without nationalizing public education.</text></item><item><author>viburnum</author><text>You know who’s not laying off anyone? The military. Local funding of schools is ridiculous. Education benefits the whole nation. Educational investments shouldn’t be dictated by transient economic conditions.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>malwarebytess</author><text>&amp;gt;Could someone not make the same argument about the national defense?&lt;p&gt;The US&amp;#x27;s definition of National Defense is actually playing world police for corporate profit. With that in mind it shows that they are superficially similar only.</text></comment>
<story><title>US schools lay off hundreds of thousands</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-teachers-insig/u-s-schools-lay-off-hundreds-of-thousands-setting-up-lasting-harm-to-kids-idUSKBN23B39R</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tyree731</author><text>&amp;gt; Educational investments shouldn’t be dictated by transient economic conditions.&lt;p&gt;Could someone not make the same argument about the national defense?&lt;p&gt;Education is funded largely by local taxes, and local tax revenues are being gutted, so there isn&amp;#x27;t much that can be done here without nationalizing public education.</text></item><item><author>viburnum</author><text>You know who’s not laying off anyone? The military. Local funding of schools is ridiculous. Education benefits the whole nation. Educational investments shouldn’t be dictated by transient economic conditions.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mhh__</author><text>&amp;gt; Could someone not make the same argument about the national defense?&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; national defense&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures#Total_military_spending&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_countries_by_military_...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m not as against military spending as some people, but almost 800 billion dollars is too much</text></comment>