Public schools in particular have become so reliant on bond sales to fund salaries and services that overall school debt more than doubled from 2002 to 2019, rising to $500 billion.
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Michael Waters,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
The high cost of education also discourage graduates from entering public or rural practice, where salaries are typically lower.
Their paychecks are on hold, but their work – providing crucial data for hurricane forecasting – is considered essential.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Controllers have gone without paychecks for nearly a month during the shutdown, leading many to call in sick and compound previously existing staffing shortages.
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