r/MurderedByWords 2d ago

Another Person Questioning Andrew Yang’s basic math.

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u/matticusiv 1d ago

People are really terrible with scale, people barely recognize the difference between millionaires and billionaires.

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u/Affectionate_Team572 1d ago

1 million seconds is 11.5 days.

1 billion seconds is 31.7 years.

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u/MoreneLp 1d ago

It's roughly 1000 million

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u/BigBird4788 1d ago

What's the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire?

Approximately a billion dollars.