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September 29, 2011

Electrocution risk: Much worse than terrorism!

Maybe we should be spending billions more to protect Americans from electrocution. It's a much bigger risk than terrorism. (Or maybe we should be spending billions less on what Lynne Kiesling calls security theater.) Here is the graphic from Meg McClain, who says you're eight times more likely to be killed by the people who protect you from terrorists than by the terrorists. bdeqh.jpg
Posted by Jay Hancock at 8:17 AM | | Comments (1)
Categories: Slo-mo fiscal train crash
        

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It's obvious that this is based on some made up set of numbers, given that it cannot be true that more people die in airplane crashes that car accidents.

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About Jay Hancock
Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.
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