Perhaps not you or I. But, sadly many of our fellow citizens' eyes glaze over when they are expected to discern between a million, billion or trillion. All they hear is "illion". And, an illion is a lot of money. Too much to really think about. So, they go their merry way.
Completely most people are a blend of terrible ignorance and crushing stupidity.
Remember, half the people in your classes were below average. A lot of them haven’t learned a thing or even tried since then bringing new and more profound meaning to, “Stuck on stupid.”
The voted for Jo and the Ho.