This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll ever need

Re:This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll e... by lutusp on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @01:01AM (#6397665)

> Anyone making over $60k per year could [...] save 20% of their income without dropping below the median household income of $50k.

20% of 60k is 12k, 60k - 12k = 48k. So no, the claim isn't true for the most trivial of reasons.

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Re:This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll e... by pathy on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @05:45AM (#6398387)

Nitpicking, 48k is close enough for the point to still be valid.

You are technically correct though.

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Re:This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll e... by lutusp on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @09:48AM (#6399204)

> 48k is close enough ...

Mathematics is the one discipline where "close enough" isn't close enough. :)

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Re:This 4×6 index card has all the financial advice you’ll e... by pathy on Tuesday September 17, 2013 @11:56AM (#6400013)

Technically correct again but in this case it really is close enough :).

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