Wisdom that works the world over,  but somehow not in the US. Have you seen American educational and health stats for the last ten years? Its a record of ongoing failure. They have trended down in high school achievement tests in math and literacy. 16th out of 20(PISA.) They have the highest infant mortality rate in the OECD. South Korean  girls will live longer than American ones. (WHO.)
All this is directly related to the fact they have a poor public sector support which is  continually undermined by  private profit seeking  interests who buy influence in Washington and feed on the taxpayer carcass. Its a broken model for society. One that is undermined by seriously corrupt campaign financing and an angry but largely passive citizenry.