zinger1457
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If we're so stupid, why aren't we poor?
Not poor as a country put the % of people in poverty in the US is higher than many of the other industrialized countries.
If we're so stupid, why aren't we poor?
Not poor as a country put the % of people in poverty in the US is higher than many of the other industrialized countries.
My "if we're so stupid...." was meant to be about the folks here on his forum, not rich as a country.
Having said that, financial illiteracy and poverty go hand in hand.
But I'd settle for reading literacy as a start; not sure we even have a good handle on that.
I actually flunked my first written driver license exam because of a (in my view) strangely worded question.
Basically it went like this: On an intersection before proceeding:
- I must pay attention
- Everyone must pay attention
- Everyone except you must pay attention
I chose option 1 because I can't influence other people's behavior, let alone check whether they actually are paying attention.
Correct answer was number 2, because that's what it said in textbook.
This should be called a simple math test and not a financial test.
Simple to get 5 out of 5 on this one. Just another common sense "numbers" test IMO.
numbers isn't hard
I asked the DW to take the "numbers test". You would think after almost 40 years of marriage I'd know better than that. So much for my common sense in dealing with women. Numbers are sooooo much easier.The chart would suggest that a whole bunch of people in the US would strongly disagree.
But hey, that's not fair. Let's ask them questions that are really important, like the first names of all the Kardashians.
But hey, that's not fair. Let's ask them questions that are really important, like the first names of all the Kardashians.
That one I would fail. Don't have a clue.