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From: Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Give him liberty or give him death!
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 13:13:04 +0900
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Paul Blay wrote:
> "Declan Murphy" wrote ...
> 
>> "If one is doing the math, that is more than $138 million spent on 
>> seat belt laws. But the kicker is this: It is estimated, by 
>> researchers for Congress, that only 6,100 lives are saved per year 
>> because of new seat belt wearers."
> 
> Here's betting that they don't mention how much money is saved per year
> from the reduction in deaths and of course _injuries_.

To some ways of thought, statistical inconveniences are by definition 
not statistics. Whereas any "statistics" estimated by "researchers for 
congress" apparently are, unless they aren't.

> Randomme Google<snip>

Tish, you spoke French!

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