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On 4/18/2020 5:39 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 17:25:55 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:
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>> 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?
>

They make a big deal and undertake a study to come up with the obvious
that everyone has known for the past century. The PC crowd does not
have the balls to state "as expected"