"Meanwhile, support for the war in the Ukraine and social services for undocumented immigrants devour massive chunks of the federal budget." As far as I know, our support of Ukraine (whether one approves of it or not) still amounts to only a small fraction of the federal budget, so I don't think it is a limiting factor on our ability to spend on education and other services for poor families.
Spending on migrants too. Hard to imagine an economist who doesn't realize that 70% of spending is "mandatory" for things like Medicare and Social Security. The US government should, but based on recent history does not really face many trade-offs in spending more $ on anything. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/
"Meanwhile, support for the war in the Ukraine and social services for undocumented immigrants devour massive chunks of the federal budget." As far as I know, our support of Ukraine (whether one approves of it or not) still amounts to only a small fraction of the federal budget, so I don't think it is a limiting factor on our ability to spend on education and other services for poor families.
Spending on migrants too. Hard to imagine an economist who doesn't realize that 70% of spending is "mandatory" for things like Medicare and Social Security. The US government should, but based on recent history does not really face many trade-offs in spending more $ on anything. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/