| ▲ | lokar 3 days ago |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | wnevets 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| > Did these people think Unlikely. |
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| ▲ | duped 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Yes |
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| ▲ | 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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