October 25, 2011 10:54AM 

# Everything You Need to Know About Public School Spending in Less Than 2½ Minutes 

By [Adam B. Schaeffer](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-b-schaeffer) 

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Neal McCluskey [gutted](https://www.cato.org/ignore-reality-sell-jobs-plan/) the President’s new “Save the Teachers” American Jobs Act sales pitch a good while back, as did Andrew Coulson [here](https://www.cato.org/obama-reid-jobs-bill-soaked-in-greece/). Thankfully, it seems a lot of senators agree it’s a bad idea.

Last week, a $35 Billion piece of the president’s new “stimulus” plan, which included $30 Billion to bail out government schools—*[again](http://biggovernment.com/acoulson/2010/06/05/the-u-s-economy-needs-fewer-public-school-jobs-not-more/)—*[went down](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-20123534/senate-rejects-slimmed-down-obama-jobs-bill/) in the Senate:

Our public education problem is huge; we’re spending far too much and getting way too little. But most people don’t know the basic details. They still think we need to spend *more* on education.

So, for all of you who want to get the details but don’t have much time, or have family and friends who need to be introduced to reality, I present to you … *[Everything you need to know about public school spending in less than 2½ minutes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiiBh4V0EAM)*.

Watch it, “like” it, post it on Facebook, email it around, comment, and generally get the word out … because we *really* do need to get the word out.

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