100 Million Americans Not Working!

Townhall.com ^ | July 7, 2015 | Stephen Moore

[Opinionated Blowhard]

But the largest reduction in the workforce has been among the millennials. Today the labor force participation rate for the 16 to 24 age group is 55.1 percent, down from 60.8 percent a decade ago and more than 66 percent back in the late 1990s.

Hey, why not? Why should anyone have to work to support themselves? Why shouldn't young people be able to "find themselves" while the government supports them? The rich can afford to pay more taxes to support everyone. In fact, the greedy bastards aren't paying their fair share now!!

[Red Badger]

100 million American not working?

Okay, what about the Americans that AREN’T in the GOVERNMENT?..............

[Proud2BeRight]

Is it true that the new people entering the demographic are not seeking unemployment so they don’t get counted in the U3 or U6 unemployment?

[Qwackertoo]

and Libs will tell you the Labor Participation Rate includes 98 year olds. Where do they come up with this carp?

[Kaslin]

Well that would make it 200 million,wouldn’t it?

[P.O.E.]

Engorge the Lumpenproletariat.

It’s been part of their platform for decades.

Best way to bring down private enterprise and take control.

[Kaslin]

It’s liberal logic.

[Logical me]

Unemployment must be around 30% now.

[Red Badger]

Pretty much...................;^)

[Huskrrrr]

They will soon be drinking ouzo and waving blue and white flags.

[Red Badger]

Odd how every illegal that comes here can find a job, but not people who are born here.........................

[Red Badger]

Drink enough ouzo and you will be waving all on your own without a flag.......................

[Kaslin]

No, the ones who have dropped out and gave up looking for jobs because they can’t find any, are ignored and not counted

[central_va]

Wages were flat last month -- so higher pay isn't going to induce a stream of workers into jobs.

That statement makes no sense.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Those are not “policy mistakes”. It is all part of a very deliberate plan.

[Signalman]

“109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded “means-tested programs” — also known as welfare — as of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/354-percent-109631000-welfare

[elpadre]

100 million Americans not working - how many illegal aliens for all countries are working????

[Qwackertoo]

I searched yesterday and most places say workers age 16 and up. Although a few said 16-64. So honestly I don’t know where they come up with the stuff they spew.

[jsanders2001]

> and Libs will tell you the Labor Participation Rate includes 98 year olds. Where do they come up with this carp?

They make it up as they go along. You know they are more educated and hence more intelligent than us and tge should make the decsions right?.../s

Not a lick of common sense in any of ‘em. Go back a hundred and fifty years before all the modern conveniences and those very same people would be the ones crying out for help wanting us to save them from Injuns...