The research was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . Unlike Social Security and Medicare, the funding of public education by an aging population has received little attention, writes James M. Poterba in The American Economic Reivew . Poterba, professor of economics at MIT, notes that recent studies have shown than an individual's support for public education depends strongly on whether that individual lives in a household with school-aged children. The results of referenda on school finance suggest that in communities with higher proportions of older residents, school bond issues are more likely to fail. Historically, this has not always been true.
Evidence shows strong public schools increase property values and reduce crime.
This is an area ripe for further research. The First Law Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes. The Second Law Anything that you like cannot possibly be something your kids like too. Well, it also applies to being hip.