Reply #17: I disagree with your premise that public education made the US #1.

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I think geography made the US # 1; being far enough away from the Axis powers that we didn't get bombed or have tanks rolling into our cities. After the war, so many countries in Europe, and of course Japan, were bombed to bits, that we didn't have much competition in the area of manufacturing.


Let me add that I totallly agree public education is important, and not given much of a priority in the US.