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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by dagw on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @10:33AM (#43482699)
there is no statistical basis to the claims you are making

Are you really arguing that Americans (and especially Americans below the median) don't have higher levels of medical debt, higher rates of medical bankruptcy, and get/take less vacation than Europeans.

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Re:In Jail Without a Lawyer: How a Texas Town Fails Poor Def... by lurk2 on Wednesday March 26, 2025 @10:49AM (#43482868)
Those were not the claims being made. The claim was that:

> Most Americans cannot: Never take on medical debt, travel more than a month out of the year, have a couple kids and educate them in good schools, and retire.

Most Americans do these things, with the possible exception of month-long vacations.

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