>On the question of the dramatic increase in black p.c. income-to what
>extent is the huge increase in the rate of black imprisonment responsible?
>Is the 30 cent an hour wage of a million odd black prisoners factored
>into the rate, or are these folks removed from the statistical pool from
>which the wonks derive their feel good numbers?
The incarcerated aren't included. There are, of course, lots of black people who aren't in jail, and the fact that they're doing significantly better than they were a few years ago is a nontrivial improvement in American life, no?
>In general, when it comes to economic statistics, you've got to
>continually check your wallet and count your change when your dealing with
>these guys, it seems to me. (The NAFTA fight demonstrated this in spades.)
You can't trust anything coming out of the White House, but the Census Bureau is about as reliable as they get.
Doug