As a policymaker, which issue is more important — education or environmental protections?

As I mentioned in class, governments make public policies to describe their responses to various problems that affect a community. Part of this process involves setting and defending priorities about which issues deserve the most attention and resources. For example, governments need to decide whether they should spend more money on education or on environmental protections. If you were a policymaker, which issue would you argue is more important-education or environmental protections? Why?

We all live on planet Earth, and it is the only planet we have. Therefore, we must take care of it. Clearly, protecting the environment should be the government's priority over education, I think the REAL question is which approach to protecting the environment-restricting pollution regulating population, promoting clean energy, or something else-should be the government's priority.

I disagree with Sara that that the environment is more important than education. Education is actually the best way to protect the environment. Educated people can see how their decisions affect the world around them. Also with better science and technology education, we can develop solutions to environmental problems. Therefore, I think the government should spend more money on education.