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		tialaramex on April 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Myth of the Second Chance Why not? 4% is also awful. As a politician you'd probably say "One in every 25" rather than 4% if you wanted to emphasise that it's unacceptable.

threemux on April 29, 2024 [–]

Yeah I mean you can certainly have the opinion that any amount of medical bankruptcies greater than 0 is unacceptable, but that has nothing to do with my original point that the 2/3 number should not be cited in discussions about bankruptcy.

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