Record Shattering 94.7 Million Americans Not in the Labor Force. Up by 664,000 in One Month.

My Budget 360 ^ | June ? 2016

[Colinsky]

They use ‘jobs’ as a synonym. So it’s not a unemployment report, it’s a jobs report.

Nice catch, Ichabod1. If they control the language, they control the discussion. Similar to the increase in the chocolate ration.

It took me a long time to notice when they switched colors for the parties. Red was always left, blue was right. Our antagonists were the Red Army and Red China. Reagan won election with a wave of blue over the nation. And then somewhen, the media switched them on us.

[Yaelle]

If people get laid off over 50 no one will hire them. There are people wanting work from 50-70 and good people. No one hires them. Yet they will be more stable than some younger people and won’t have sick kids at home etc.

[trebb]

This for the same month when we “added 38,000 jobs”?

[ichabod1]

That’s why they (we) drop out of the (official) labor force. One gets tired of nothing but silence or ridicule from hiring departments and recruiters. What the heck, we’ve been sovietized.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

The news keeps repeating the 5% unemployment rate. My eye. I just laugh. If it were not for food stamps and SSDI, there would be nightly rioting in the streets. People on the dole dont need to look for work.

The real unemployment rate must be pushing 15%.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Red betrayed their communist foundation, so they abandoned it to try to hide it. They aren’t fooling anybody. We know they are commie libs.

I am fine with the color change. The way I see it is red blood brings lifr giving oxygen, while useless blue blood provides nothing on its return trip. Sums up the sides nicpely. Just once I would like to see a GOP candidate refer to a map and frame it in those term, that the GOP is bringing life giving sustenance to America while the depleted blue blood of the opposition is good for nothing.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Wow! My 15% guess was low. I cant be surprised true unemployment is actually over 20%. That is worse than the Great Depression, we have only masked that with an additional $15 trillion in national debt.

This ends badly. Not in my life time, I hope.

[aquila48]

Who does that include? Retirees, people on welfare, disabled people? How do these people live? Just curious...

[Shanghai Dan]

So two thirds of the population is providing for themselves along with the other third not providing for themselves.

I prefer to word it as:

The first third do not provide for themselves. The second third barely provide for themselves. The last third provide for the themselves and the first third.

This is unsustainable.

100% correct.

[sagar]

Get rid of the social security and medicaid and watch the “labor force” double overnight.

[Robert DeLong]

Yes you are indeed more accurate.

[Myrddin]

If it weren’t for EBT, Section 8, SS disability, food banks, and credit cards - resulting social unrest riots would have us in an ongoing state of emergency.

Bread and circuses to keep the mob appeased. The appeasement is delivered electronically to hide it. When the delivery stops, the ferals will hit the streets, stores and government offices. We alresdy have failures to deliver EBT that started this month.

SNAP/EBT down

[Dallas59]

Most companies do not allow you to work at your own pace.You can be the best person, be on time, never take off, never get sick, never make errors....but if you fall below 100 percent you are a lazy buffoon.

[Laser_Ray]

Applied at a local Aldi for a part-time 2nd job.

Got told “thanks kid, you’re really polite, but don’t get too eager...I have over 500 applicants...”