[oceanview]

you mean buy stuff at garage sales that they flip on EBAY? yes, people do that, I have a guy I work with who does that. you would be amazed the stuff people buy.

now, what are these people telling the household survey? I don't know, but that's the reason for my sarcastic post. people can tell the household survey anything, they can tell them their EBAY adventures are a "home based business". thats not to say that many people don't have legitimate home based businesses, they do, but the household survey is worthless because people who are surveyed can make this claim even if they sell lamps from garage sales, the same goes for "consultants" who don't have any clients.

[hobson]

Are you saying selling lamps from a garage sale is not worthing of being counted as a job? If those people perceive themselves to be employed then more power to them!

You are right about consultants but there is a reason they may not consider themselves unemployed. If they setup a corporation for their consultant services they are employed by their own company and will report as such. They pay themselves a salary and pay taxes even while they are between clients. Most of the consultants I know operate this way, including me.

[Dr. Frank fan]

that's the reason for my sarcastic post. people can tell the household survey anything

Your point is well made.

Therefore, we should not pay attention to "the household survey". I sure don't.

In fact, we should not pay attention to ANY statistics. They are irrelevant when it comes to determining our vote. Statistics being good doesn't make me happy. Statistics being bad doesn't make me sad. Statistics are NUMBERS in a newspaper.

One should based his vote on things like ideas, trust, and leadership. That's what I do.

So I'm with you. Let's ignore ALL of these bogus statistics.