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In reply to the discussion: Air Force investing $12B in F-15s [View all]Calista241
(5,586 posts)24. We spend $620 billion dollars a year on elementary and secondary education.
That figure does not include any funds spent on college or university. There are only 10 countries in the world with entire budgets larger than that.
We spend approx $13k per student per year. There are 4 countries that spend more per student than we do (Austria, Luxemborg, Norway, and Switzerland).
Our government should be able to educate our people, and fund our military at the same time.
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I'm guessing because replacing them with brand new F-15 SEs would cost more than upgrading
PersonNumber503602
Sep 2016
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