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Ms. Toad

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2. As someone who taught high school math for 11 years -

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Sun Jun 8, 2025, 05:30 PM

Jun 8

And law for another 10 - This particular comment doesn't show he is daft or the dumbest man in the world.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if around half the folks in the country didn't recognize his statement as mathematically (and economically) ridiculous.

That's not to say he isn't an imbecile. Just that there is an astonishing amount of math illiteracy in this country.

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