education and science

It is interesting to me that media officials are in recent years, freaked out about education. They say that education in our country is failing and that we are falling behind the international standards which a led primarily by China. They cry out that our kids are behind in all areas, most notable though in Math and Science. It is interesting to me that we seem so concerned about the state of education in America and yet as our government criticizes past leaders for not helping education, they themselves pass legislation which cuts spending on Education and NASA. If the government thinks we need to produce more engineers and scientists, what is the point then, of pushing these subjects while cutting back on the biggest outlets for math and since backgrounds? First of all, we are taking away interest opportunities for out kids, if NASA and other engineering outlets are not producing interesting work to interest students, where is their motivation for following these subjects? How are we supposed to be so dearly concerned with improving out math and science capabilities when there will be no more jobs for us? When we will not be afforded the opportunity to explore space, biology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics? Why should we believe the politicians and media anchors when they tell us that we are underachieving, when they cut science programs, and then, to rub salt on the wound, cut funding and ideas for education, and tell teachers to fix 3 generations of social decline in urban areas, only to punish them for failing to make improvements?