| ▲ | wnevets 3 days ago |
| "I voted for him because of the economy" - People I know |
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| ▲ | lokar 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Did these people think he would actually lower prices? And that “lowering inflation “ means prices go back down? |
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| ▲ | yepitwas 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | About half the population doesn't even understand how marginal income tax rates work. I bet the fraction that doesn't know that "lowering inflation" still means "prices are going up, not down" is quite a bit larger than that. | |
| ▲ | wnevets 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | > Did these people think Unlikely. | |
| ▲ | duped 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Yes | | |
| ▲ | lokar 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Snark aside, I really wonder how we as a nation can get to better politics and policy when so many people are so misinformed about the basics. It seems hopeless at times. | | |
| ▲ | tencentshill 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Instilling critical thinking skills from a young age. The actual educational content is far less important. "Learning how to learn" should be the primary purpose of K-12. | | |
| ▲ | wnevets 3 days ago | parent [-] | | How do you test and measure the effectiveness of that kind of curriculum in a standardless way for millions of school children? | | |
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| ▲ | MisterTea 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Also heard: "He's a billionaire so of course he knows what he is doing." |
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| ▲ | rich_sasha 3 days ago | parent [-] | | It's true, he knows what he's doing, and he is substantially more of a billionaire now than he was before this election. |
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| ▲ | snickerdoodle14 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Also most of HN a few months ago |
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| ▲ | Kapura 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
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| ▲ | Der_Einzige 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
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