g5000
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Here's another allegory to understand the misleading "3 percent" figure.
Let's say I give way 99 widgets which cost a penny apiece, and give away 1 whatchamacallit which costs 99 cents. Then I tell the world that my whatchamacallit service makes up only 1 percent of my services.
That would be grossly misleading, would it not?
My whatchamacallit service is 50 percent of my costs, even though it is only 1 percent of my services.
See how that works?
That's why PP says abortions are "only 3 percent" of their services. It's a way to avoid saying what percentage of their costs abortions are.
Let's say I give way 99 widgets which cost a penny apiece, and give away 1 whatchamacallit which costs 99 cents. Then I tell the world that my whatchamacallit service makes up only 1 percent of my services.
That would be grossly misleading, would it not?
My whatchamacallit service is 50 percent of my costs, even though it is only 1 percent of my services.
See how that works?
That's why PP says abortions are "only 3 percent" of their services. It's a way to avoid saying what percentage of their costs abortions are.