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   Alan to Mark Jackson   
   Re: Road & Track non-story   
   04 Apr 24 15:04:45   
   
   XPost: rec.autos.sport.nascar, rec.autos.sport.indycar   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-04-04 10:00, Mark Jackson wrote:   
   > On 4/4/2024 12:33 PM, Alan wrote:   
   >> On 2024-03-06 10:39, a425couple wrote:   
   >   
   >>> "We know there is a class system in America, a great divide between   
   >>> the haves and have-nots. To be a have-not and be talked to by the   
   >>> haves has an air of the farcical to it."   
   >>>   
   >>> No, there is not.  There is a spread, with many constantly moving up,   
   >>> and many moving down.  But the averages are regularly moving up.   
   >>> Adam Smith's unseen hand moving through the world's market have   
   >>> made most well fed and equipped.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, there is a class system, and most who are down never have any   
   >> chance of moving up.   
   >>   
   >> If the average wealth is rising, it is because the extremely rich are   
   >> getting extremely richer.   
   >>   
   >> I suggest you look at the MEDIAN, rather than the mean.   
   >   
   > It's important to examine the distribution.   
   >   
   > https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-03-25   
   >   
      
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