People can be thick

In my daily activities I come across people that defy logic with how they have survived to the age they are with the intelligence they lack. You can only assume society has watered down life so much that even animals might be able to claim the dole.
I was talking to a man today who understood English enough to run his own business and yet needed me to explain something to him four times and even then I don't think he got it.
If Oprah doesn't have a segment about it or 'Today Tonight' hasn't put it into its weekly cycle of repeated articles then these people wont learn about it.
These are the same very people who vote in governments because of a $200 bonus they will get, without the understanding that same government has three years to make a small tax change to get it back. Think long term that's all I ask of you. Don't wonder why you can't afford to fix the broken fridge when you never put $10 a week away in a slush fund to pay for emergencies such as those. Because believe me, these dramas keep on coming, it's commonly known as 'life'.
Learn to listen to what is being said so you might not need to ask for a fourth repeat of a simple 10 word sentence.