The Cost of Ignorance

As Ben Franklin observed in the 18th Century, ignorance imposes huge costs on society in many different forms.  Sure, crime is among them, but take a look at what just happened here in the U.S. in November.

The most poorly schooled among us teamed up with people with no moral education to elect a man who is under indictment for trying to overthrow the federal government.

Educated people voted overwhelmingly against Trump, but we were no match.

In terms of cost, just wait to see the actual price tag of the Trump administration’s Project 2025.  In particular, the cost of cleaning up the long-term environmental damage wreaked by massive amounts of environmental deregulation is going to be hard to fathom.