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   From: wthyde1953@gmail.com   
      
   Jay Morris wrote:   
   >  From a YouGov poll.   
   >   
   > With most Americans reading no books or just a few books, and a minority   
   > reading lots of books, that means that the distribution of the total   
   > books read in the U.S. is very unequal. The 4% of Americans who say they   
   > read 50 or more books alone account for 46% of all books read. Add in   
   > the 6% of Americans who read between 20 and 49 books, and the 9% who   
   > read between 10 and 19 books, and the top 19% of U.S. adult citizens   
   > account for 82% of all books read in 2025.   
   >   
   > The middle 40% read 18% of all books, and the bottom 40% read no books.   
   >   
   > https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/53804-most-ame   
   icans-didnt-read-many-books-in-2025   
   >   
   I once saw similar statistics relating to alcohol.  Ten percent of   
   drinkers consumed 80% of all hard liquor produced.   
      
   William Hyde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)