Via Jeff Nolan, I came across this proposal for saving California's schools that puts the amount of money being spent on education in perspective.

Tom McClintock, the California state senator who wrote the proposal, asserts that kids could be getting brand new books, new desks, having class in executive office space rather than run-down school buildings, and given health club memberships instead of gym classes for the amount of money being spent on education.

He makes a great point.