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Old 05-26-2010, 11:50 AM  
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Originally Posted by escorpio View Post
Where are these numbers from and what do they represent?

38.8% of welfare recipients are white
37.2% are black
17.8 are hispanic

Which means blacks and hispanics combined comprise 55% of welfare recipients. Which is greater than 38.8%
This is very basic stuff... when you have an astounding amount more of one thing, it's going to be a larger amount even if the other two are added together. As I said in the original quote you shared of mine, "the population difference is huge."
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