Houston, we have a problem:
320,000,000 people living in the US, give or take 15,000,000 uncounted undocumented immigrants
4,500,000 people per each year of age (as many 1 y.o. to as many 70 y.o., on average)
63,000,000 non-adults ( <= 18 y.o.) qualifying to go to a public school, and most actually going, minus all home schooled children
60,000,000 people over 18 y.o. without a high school diploma or GED —> in 2017
45,000,000 people over 18 y.o. without a high school diploma or GED —> in 2012
$0 —> spent by US administration to address this issue in 2017
$0 —> spent by US administration to address this issue in 2012
0 —> minutes spent by US President addressing this issue 2009-2017
0 —> minutes spent by US President addressing this issue 2017-2018
4,204,800 minutes in eight years
525,600 minutes in one year
$10,386 average pay difference between high school graduate and non high school graduate (2012 figures)
$623,160,000,000 average pay a year forfeited by US people without a high school diploma, not available to businesses for purchases, not taxed by US government as it was never earned
$6.2 trillion pay forfeited on average by US people over 10 years due to lack of high school diploma
$62 trillion in resulting profits (& GDP equiv.) missed, 10 y.
#perspective
