On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:25:55 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/18/2020 4:40 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 09:57:20 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
>>
>>> On 4/18/2020 7:37 AM, Janet wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's the figures according to a nationwide survey of US water supply
>>>> companies.
>>>>
>>>> https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/ne...15-million-us-
>>>> residents-had-water-shut-2016
>>>
>>>> The highest shutoff rates were disproportionately in cities with
>>>> more people living in poverty, more unemployment and more people of
>>>> color.
>>>
>>>> Janet UK
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not sure how they call that disproportionately. I would expect poverty
>>> areas to have a higher incidence of late bill payment than the well to
>>> do areas.
>>
>> Disproportionate as in 'larger numbers than average'.
>>
>
>Like I said. No shit. Poor people have a larger portion of late bills.
> I wonder how they figured that out.

They stated the obvious and you protest?