Spending is up, outcomes are flat, and wages are falling behind. From education to regulation, decades of non-productive and counterproductive policies have quietly eroded economic progress. Real education spending has tripled with no measurable gains, while compliance and bureaucracy now add thousands in hidden costs per worker. Portugal was forced into reform. Will the U.S. choose it voluntarily?

What happens when too few produce... and too many depend?

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