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On Sat, 18 Apr 2020 19:40:32 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 4/18/2020 5:39 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> 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?
>>

>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"


Yes, that's how the PC crowd rolls.