Nonsense, besides the fact that I can look at more than one budget item at a time, education is one of the biggest[1], being between 20% and 40% of every state's budget.

> ... and a tax code that privileges rent-seeking over labor.

Education also has multiple lobbies that beside their own rent-seeking are indoctrinating young voters and more and more educators are engaging in partisan politics in the classroom.

[1]: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-much-of-each-states-b...