Microsoft admits to dodging $29B in taxes. Yes, billion with a B.

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sc94597 said:

overman1 said:

The US is also the most populous out of all those countries. You can combine the student population of 5 of those countries and it might equal to that of the US. Finland has a very prominent public educational system that takes very good care of its teachers and for this it is #1 world wide. Like I said before, I havve nothing against Charter school. But because of this, we do not allow the public school system to go to dust. Charter school is a luxury now in this economy. 

Again, look at the spending per student statistic. That has nothing to do with population. 

Here's the problem though, where is that money actually going?  As of 2012-013 there were 3,108,500 teachers, with an average salary of $56,103 (75K in New York on the high end, 39K in South Dakota on the low end), which works out to $174,396,175,500.  Out of over $800bn in spending, doesn't that number seem low to you?  Clearly we have the money to spend on education, so if we can fix the goddamn system maybe we can not only lower spending but increase the efficacy of the program itself.

http://www.nea.org/home/rankings-and-estimates-2013-2014.html