And I don't define my situation to US average persons, but to my peer group, as I should.
You can prove anything when you set the terms as to whom you're going to compare with whom.
The question becomes, is that data
1) Reliable - if you used two different methods of measurement, would you get the same results?
2) Valid - is your method of meaurement actually measuring what it's supposed to?
3) For the purposes of debating with the general public, is the data representitive and statistically significant? You can really generalize from it, otherwise.
Anecdotal measures and data fit none of these requirements. That's why they're not used. Get some stats to back this up, and I'll take you more seriously on all this.
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