[null and void]

Hmmm. That was your answer to my question:

You think our standard of living would be lower if more Americans were working?

That is to say you answered that question by explaining how we were better off with the millennials not working, simply because they weren’t interested.

I’m not sure how that wasn’t saying that you really do think we are better off?

Please explain.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Someone has to do the work in this country. Many Millennials, urban youth, fake disabled, welfare recipients and lots of other people aren't interested in doing that work. They're being paid to sit on their butts, so why work? Many have illegal or shady side jobs that contribute little or nothing to the economy. I worked with welfare and food stamp moochers off-and-on for 15 years, trying to train them to look for work. The taxpayers had paid big money to send many of them back to school to get GEDs, associate degrees, vocational training and even bachelors degrees. The, magically, they couldn't find a job! During 3 or 4% unemployment!

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Unemployment is caused by government spending, not outsourcing. Foreign trade benefits both sides, in the aggregate.

If our deficit was under control, we would have full employment, like in the Reagan years, and even under Clinton. We even had full employment under Bush, with all of his spending.