I want to be GRUNTLED! -OR- Please sir, may I have another?

After 40 years of forced disgruntlement, I want to be GRUNTLED! That's the CHANGE I NEED. Our tactic of feeding amphetamines and steroids to hyper-partisans hasn't worked. (I thought typing that out would be satisfying, instead I just feel obvious.)It failed on a fundamental level. Now those funds are mental.

"You don't fix problems by throwing money at them." Remember? The mantra of education "reform". Produce more with less was the challenge issued. When schools all over MET THAT CHALLENGE. They were rewarded? Nope, just more hoops to jump through because there were some schools that didn't meet the challenge.

"We'd like to help you out. REALLY we would, but you see we have this law and order problem, this weapon systems gap, and the plumbing? It's leaking like a dollar store umbrella. Do you have any idea how much it costs to law AND order? You got jails and courthouses and computers. Lots and lots of computers to keep track of the laws. That's where our resources are needed. The kids are allright. We passed a bunch of laws to make sure of that."

Hey, wait a minute, you're changing the subject! I'm here to find our why our children isn't learning. Why their desks don't have books in them. Why there are 35 kids and only 20 desks. We've tried it your way for 40 years. Putting more and more into less and less. We sunk Billions into a surge that you say worked, so humor me. GRUNTLE ME. Let's put HALF of that into education and see what happens.

Otherwise, from where I sit, people might just think that smarter citizens isn't what you're looking for. So for the next forty years, let's let the law AND order folks do more with less so the kids can learn how to fix what you've fucked up.