Kudos to Nate Benefield and the Harrisburg-based Commonwealth Foundation for finally starting to get the attention they deserve.
Commonwealth Foundation has long been doing the grunt work on describing the emperor’s non-existent suit by exposing the true cost of government spending — mostly in Pennsylvania — and the false claims about their effectiveness by their proponents who more often than not do pretty well by them personally.
Forbes.com published a column by Nate on Oct. 6 about how the vast majority of people don’t realize how much is spent on public education and that this is especially so in Pennsylvania.
He points out that three-quarters of resident in a recent poll underestimated the true cost of $14,600 with the average guess being 46 percent lower than reality.
He further noted Pennsylvania spends almost $3,000 more per student than the national average.
If the feudal propagandists in the old media told the truth the public obviously would be better informed.
If the Gov. Corbett recognized that he’d boldly and baldly have to go over their heads to tell it, he might not be in the fix he’s in.
