"But there needs to be a much more serious commitment of resources to the problem."

University professors routinely call for more spending, but most display a vapid clueless about where the money will come from.  This government has made it clear that the money for today's 'serious commitments' will be paid by our children tomorrow.  The assumption seems to be that today's problems will be solved by tomorrow's taxpayers, and that there will be no such problems to solve tomorrow.

In a country where federal and political deficits routinely run well over $1,000 per person per year when interest rates on accumulated debt are at all time lows, the professors need to wake up to the impact of compound interest.  

Rocks are to scissors, what debt is to social infrastructure.