# Looking for Toms' "Last person working in America" humorous statistics

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**Category:** The Show\
**Created:** [October 28, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-toms-last-person-working-in-america-humorous-statistics/69015 "2011-10-28T13:47:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![pmg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/35a633/32.png) [@pmg](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pmg)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/looking-for-toms-last-person-working-in-america-humorous-statistics/69015/1 "2011-10-28T13:47:43Z")

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Many years ago Toms’ intro to the show was a statistical run down on the working population of America. It went something like this: "There are 25 million people employed, 10 million work for the government, 7 million are in unions"etc… It continued on until he came to the punch line (speaking to Ray): “That leaves 2 real working people in America and since I know you’re not doing anything that just leaves me!”.  
Anyone remember where he got that or if it ever showed up in print or on a podcast or a CD? I think it was at least 10 years ago. I’ve searched and googled to no avail.