busyNow I'm bad at math. I'm lucky to get the same answer three times running on a calculator. I know this, so I've chosen a career that requires little math, and have other people who can do math for me when necessary. I understand basic stuff like "don't carry more money than you can handle" and "don't buy things you can't afford." The scary thing? I'm in the top third nationally according to school tests. That means two-thirds are worse than that.
Apparently, they are not also smart enough to avoid careers that require math. They just half-ass their way through it. They do things so stupid that even I, with my anti-knack for math, can see that this is bad economics.
You know, if we had more women and more poor people in politics, I think less of this would happen. They damn well know how to stretching a dollar until you could play it like a rubber-band guitar.
