FEDS SPEND $7 on elderly for every $1 on kids. Except that Wonkblog's Figure 2 shows about a 4:1 ratio, and actually, when total (e.g., including state) funding is considered, the ratio is closer to 2 to 1. Education, after all, is primarily a state function.

But the real question is "So? What's your point?" But then, to the kiddies at Wonkblog, maybe it isn't completely obvious.