Jeesh, DeAnander, where the hell were you when I got in a big ol' brawl here over American poverty?  I really could've used the some authoritative backup, I can tell you!  :-)

This thing about the American unemployment statistics keeps coming up.  I keep saying I think the statistics are rubbish, but I only have anectdotal evidence, common sense, and some scattered statistics for poverty and some inner-cities.  Do you have any handy links for where, exactly, the 4.8% is debunked?  I'd be forever grateful.

Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. -Hobbes