> http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82~10834~1471088,00.html
> Article Last Updated: Sunday, June 22, 2003 - 6:56:53 AM PST
> The job rate shuffle
> Unemployment numbers don't always add up to reality
> By Marc Albert - STAFF WRITER
>
>
> ``In a recession, a lot of white collar workers will say they are consulting and they will be
> counted as self employed - even if they have no clients,'' said Doug Henwood, editor of the Left
> Business Observer. ``There's a lot of people sitting around at home watching the Jerry Springer
> show.''
And many of us unemployed activist techies are busy creating neat things that we didn't have time to work on when we were "working."
;-)
Chuck0