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		Joky on Jan 17, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Visa for founders, engineers and investors willi... Isn't education the largest part of state spending in France (not saying it is bad thing, but still).

flurdy on Jan 18, 2017 [–]

True, it probably is a large chunk though not sure if largest.

For example in the UK , education is about 1/6. Where as over 50% is NHS, welfare and pensions. (and only 0.3% is spent on unemployment)

https://yougov.co.uk/news/2014/11/09/public-attitudes-tax-di...

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