> if I could find a single instance of someone willing to vouch or share insight on having filled out a BLS survey, that'd cure a healthy chunk of skepticism

It comes from the Census bureau, a letter like this: https://old.reddit.com/r/frederickmd/comments/1p1j1my/did_an...

https://www.google.com/search?udm=2&q=%22current+population+...

They only reach ~100k unique households per year, so you'd need to survey a few hundred people to find a respondent: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_Population_Survey#Meth...

> Note, I'm in a massive sceptical shit phase at the moment

How might one distinguish such "scepticism" from ignorance?