Don't believe the hype.

More importanly, stop sharing it! (This graphic, at last check, was shared 1.2 million times.)

It takes 1 second to SHARE something on Facebook....but maybe 8 seconds to FACT-CHECK.  And for this one, your calculator on your phone would have the answer in half that time.

THIS. IS. NOWHERE. NEAR. TRUE.

 

Go ahead, do the math. I'll wait.

Yeah, $1.3 billion divided by 300 million is $4.33.
Plus, it's more like 319 million Americans, so it would be closer to $4.09.

About two bucks after taxes.

Keep going, Common Core.

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