Public Schools vs. Post-Cold War Military Spending Even though the Cold War era is a distant memory, encased in glass forever like some museum piece, our government is still spending as if the Soviet Union was in its prime. If the arms race is a forgotten memory, then why is the military still spending 86% of what it was spending during the Cold War. It’s not that us Americans do not want a solid military, …showed first 75 words of 1214 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1214 total…the size of their gunboats, but by the level of their children’s level of education." References Roberts, Tom (1999 August 13). New battles brew over defense spending, arms sales. National Catholic Reporter, v.35, i.36, pp. 14. Mosteller, Frederick (1995 Summer/Fall). The Tennessee study of class size in the early school grades. Future of Children, v. 5, no. 2. National Parent Teacher Association (1996 November/December). School Funding: How much do we value good public education. National PTA Magazine, Cover story.