Just One Thing Is Missing – MATH
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.