Education

I have always been taught that education is paramount. As I have grow up I have recognized the validity of this statement through personal experience. However I do believe the U.S. Government cares about education, I don't believe we share the same emphasis. I struggle to understand why weapons are made when teachers go underpaid and schools underfunded. Which is why it baffles me that the U.S. Government spends 683.7 billion USD on National Security, and only 46.8 billion on education. (enacted 2010) Below is a link to the table where I found my statistics, you can find it on page 30 of 'summary tables'

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Overview