'280% increase since 1960': Randi Weingarten babbling about 'fully funding education' debunked by math and FACTS

Sam J. | 10:59 AM on June 08, 2021

Ugh, Randi, just stop tweeting.

And people actually pay her to make them look better?

This was just … well, it was painful.

“We believe in fully funding our public schools, we believe every kid deserves access to a public education from early childhood to our universities and technical colleges." Thank you @GovEvers. https://t.co/bFERi7H4DY

— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) June 6, 2021

They keep trying to tell us how education isn’t fully funded … but you know what, there is a buttload of funding in our public schools. Corey DeAngelis was good enough to do the math for Randi since you know, she seems to struggle with numbers and stuff.

we've increased inflation-adjusted education spending per student by 280% since 1960 https://t.co/yCvx3yjtkp

— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) June 6, 2021

Even with inflation-adjusted, 280% increase PER STUDENT.

He broke it down even further:

Inflation-adjusted education spending per student in the U.S.

1950: $2,784
1960: $4,060
1970: $6,403
1980: $8,125
1990: $11,064
2000: $12,849
2010: $15,232
2017: $15,424

280% real increase since 1960.https://t.co/qTZ3H5ENH9

— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) June 6, 2021

But wait, there’s more debunking going on here.

The whole ‘underfunded’ lie carries bc of the book Savage Inequalities. Ppl believe that urban schools are the least funded, which is false. It’s rural White districts. When the union says ‘underfunded’ they’re demanding higher pay for adults not better resources for kids. https://t.co/D5AfgD853d

— Dr. Steve Perry (@DrStevePerry) June 7, 2021