Originally Posted By mawnck <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-orlin/what-headlines-would-look-like_b_4386621.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...621.html</a> >>Our World: Controversial Program Would Cost $50 Million in Taxpayer Money Mathematically Literate World: Controversial Program Would Cost 0.0001 Percent of Taxpayer Money<< >>Our World: Average Football Player Earns $3 Million, Lasts 4 Years in NFL Mathematically Literate World: Average Football Player Earns $0 Million, Lasts 4 Years in High School<< etc.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Those are pretty good. But isn't the diagram for the tax one wrong? Shouldn't it be $249,999 at the previous levels, and $1 for the new rate? At least, that's what it says in the text above it. Interesting that an article touting "mathematically literate" headlines got their math wrong. : /
