Robert Pear in the New York Times:
WASHINGTON – New government research has found “large and growing” disparities in life expectancy for richer and poorer Americans, paralleling the growth of income inequality in the last two decades.
So what!
One, Peak finds no cause for the life expectancy difference. Oh he makes lots of suggestions,but presents no conclusions.
Two, there is no reason to believe that different demographic groups would have the same life expectancy. Pick any two demeographic groups. Pick any comman metric. There is scant reason to believe the metric will, or shold be, equal.
If life expectancy disparity is so freaking bad, why no mention of the seven year life expectancy disparity between males and females?
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