It's not when prison spending is up +300% (sunk cost with near-zero economic returns) over the same time-frame when education spending is down -35% (even though the later returns 4:1 economically for every dollar invested). Higher education is much, much better for everyone.
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Again, that wasn't the point being made. Of course we need prisons for violent offenders, but is the ROI of that $ positive in any financial analysis? No. It's dead weight. There is a research-backed 3-4x multiple of GDP per $ spent in CA higher ed. Clearly better $$$ spent.
Keeping people who might harm me away from me is not "dead weight" on a budget. Not everyone will be transformed into 4x labor participants via access to college-level coursework. I'm all for those who can. Show some nuance.
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The 3-4x stat is the average of all dollars invested, regardless of individual outcomes. I'm not trying to minimize your experience, but it's a pretty twisted logic that your personal security should be defended at any economic cost while net + education just cant be afforded.
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The context of the original tweet is that individual education is not a "public good" we should all be taxed to support, despite obvious evidence to the contrary. I made the point that this is wrongheaded from an economic point of view, both in an absolute AND relative sense.
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