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  • 8.5 Million Americans Left Labor Force In Obama's First Term

    02/01/2013 12:21:27 PM PST · by grundle · 9 replies
    Newsbusters ^ | February 1, 2013 | Noel Sheppard
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics released jobs numbers for January Friday showing that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 157,000 and the unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent. Lost in these headline numbers was another rise in the number of people not in the labor force. This number now stands at a staggering 89 million, up from 80.5 million when President Obama took office. This means that there are currently 8.5 million more Americans not in the labor force than just four years ago. Forget all the other numbers. This continued explosion of people not in the labor force should be...