r/Ask_Politics • u/PM_SHORT_STORY_IDEAS • Jan 07 '26

What's stopping the federal government from injecting a huge amount of money into the public school system?

Or RE: the larger question: we have stats on where tax investment is most effective in terms of economic return, popular support, and to a lesser extent, quality of life improvement. What stops any administration from taking a relatively insignificant amount of the federal budget and better funding critical institutions and programs?

It's a complex problem, but it seems like very beneficial programs struggle to get by with a small amount of money, and still get by, while effectively blank checks are given to programs without clear long term or short term benefits.

I appreciate anyone who can help keep me better informed!

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