90,609,000: Americans Not in Labor Force Climbs to Another Record

cns news ^ | 10/22/13 | Terence P. Jeffrey

[Nachum]

(CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The BLS counts a person as participating in the labor force if they are 16 years or older and either have a job or have actively sought a job in the last four weeks. A person is not participating in the labor force if they are 16 or older and have not sought a job in the last four weeks.

In from July to August, according to BLS, Americans not participating in the labor force climbed from 89,957,000 to 90,473,000, pushing past 90,000,000 for the first time, with a one month increase of 516,000.

In September, it climbed again to 90,609,000, an increase of 136,000 during the month.

In January 2009, when President Barack Obama took office, there were 80,507,000 Americans not in the labor force. Thus, the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by 10,102,000 during Obama's presidency.

The labor force participation rate, which is the percentage of the non-institutionalized population 16 years or older who either have a job or actively sought one in the last four weeks, was 63.2 percent in September. That was unchanged from August.

[JediJones]

That’s why every taxpayer owes $130,000 of the federal debt. It’d be about 1/3rd of that owed per person if everyone else was working and paying income tax.

[Big Giant Head]

Ogina is "focused on jobs like a laser." Like a LASER, I tell you!

Lasers burn things. Oblahblah said EXACTLY what he meant, but everyone thinks he means what they themselves want him to mean.