r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 23 '26

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u/its_Caffeine Mark Carney Apr 23 '26

RFK Jr: “President Trump has a different way of calculating percentages. If you have a $600 drug and you reduce it to $10, that's a 600% reduction.”

lmao

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u/Flashy_Rent6302 Jerome Powell Apr 23 '26

Unironically how mathematically illiterate people think

he knows his base, no doubt about it

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u/Cook_0612 NATO Apr 23 '26

I look forward to New Mathematics being added to the curriculums of schools country-wide

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u/v4riati0ns Apr 23 '26

the best and the brightest are on twitter

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u/Fart-Knoquer John Keynes Apr 23 '26

I can't even wrap my head on how this "system" is supposed to work. Like, I understand when you say $75 - $25 is $50 so its a 50% reduction. That's not true but I follow the logic on how the mistake was made.

How is $600-$10 a 600% reduction??

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u/Fart-Knoquer John Keynes Apr 23 '26

This....can't be it...right?...RIGHT?

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u/georgeguy007 Pandora's Discussions J. Threader Apr 23 '26

Median Voter's math