Claim: President Obama says public investment in schools was "allowed to wither" as a result of the "trickle-down ideology" of recent decades. There's no clear trend for public spending on education as a percentage of the U.S. economy, but public investment hasn't withered.
Fact-check: Obama on Education Investments - FactCheck.org
Verdict: president obama says public investment in schools was "allowed to wither" as a result of the "trickle-down ideology" of recent decades. there's no clear trend for public spending on education as a percentage of the u.s. economy, but public investment hasn't withered.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2013-12-07T13:40:38