It was posted here a while back by someone who shall remain anonymous that 450,000 people made a living by selling things on eBay, and aren't included. Don't know how much of a "living" they may make, but that was the claim.

Got me thinking. There are a million and a half folks in prisons who work, too, so they should be included.

There are a whole bunch of drug dealers who aren't included, and maybe they should be added. After all, even without benefits, there can be a good living in it until you move into the above category, in which case you'll still be working only for less.

Now, there are those freeway window washers and beggars. They clearly make a living, or they'd be dead. I'd call that work, and hard work. Self-employed, so to speak. By the way, Bush Administration policies have added jobs to that classification.

Now, the Saturday market stuff. I'll bet half of those folks don't claim to be employed, when in actuality they are.

By the time you add these folks in, Bush is a wild success. Or at least it doesn't look so bad.

Arf