[kenavi]

That's why there is a big, big gap between the "jobs" survey and the employment/unemployment numbers. People are working---it's just that a lot are not working for someone else.

Right-o. There is a "Household Survey" by the gov't that captures the self-employed data, and which shows a historically strong surge in gainful employment. Here is one reference to it:

http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_buzzcharts/buzzcharts200408240832.asp

Kery-ites have a blind spot to the self-employed. They confuse an entrepreneur whose business earns more than $200,000 a year with the "idle rich" (which is what HE is). They must think the chap has all his income lying about as cash in the vault and not re-invested in his business.

[LS]

Yes. Good catch. I always forget these terms, "household" vs. "jobs."