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Fewer low-income men are working
CNN Money ^ | June 15, 2016 | Tami Luhby

Posted on 06/19/2016 5:46:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Men have been disappearing from the workforce for decades.

But a closer look at the data reveals that lower-income men account for much of the change -- and that reflects a big problem with the economy.

Only 69% of these men, ages 25 to 54, are employed, according to new research from the Brookings Institution. That figure was 80% in 1980.

Among middle class and upper-income men, 92% are working, down only slightly from 94% in 1980....

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: default; drugs; economy; jobs; males; men; mentalhealth; obesity; unemployment; work; workingclassvoters
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1 posted on 06/19/2016 5:46:40 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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2 posted on 06/19/2016 5:47:50 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Would it help if we had a few million more illegals in the workforce?


3 posted on 06/19/2016 5:49:04 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The official language of the United States should be Arabic. It's clear that our government is.)
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1 + 1 still = 2 right?

Of COURSE minimum wage will rob low income earners of jobs. Minimum wage is one of the stupidest things we got going. Pure political demagoguery and NOTHING else.

Talk about Captain Obvious.

4 posted on 06/19/2016 5:49:32 PM PDT by Jim W N
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Could it possibly have anything with us giving everybody free money? Nah. That wouldn't induce anybody to stay at home and not work. It must be something else.


5 posted on 06/19/2016 6:01:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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If this is the wave of the future (along with with advanced programing and other machines) why the need for “cheap” human labor? Doesn’t this bolster the need to curtail low-skilled, low-educated foreign labor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EElFsj_9JWM


6 posted on 06/19/2016 6:02:28 PM PDT by ak267
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Fake a disability and find a shady doctor to sign off on it.
If the claim is denied there are lawyers who specialize in getting the claim reexamined and approved.


8 posted on 06/19/2016 6:06:22 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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Fewer MEN are working....period.


9 posted on 06/19/2016 6:06:26 PM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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So you think that unemployment is low? Big fan of Obama, are you?


10 posted on 06/19/2016 6:07:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Or be truly disabled, unable to work, and get turned down three times...


11 posted on 06/19/2016 6:08:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc5BGJoz17A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T-ZE6_NqJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T-ZE6_NqJo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1CH-cvn73Q

No business case for illegal labor when the machines take over. They’ll just be needed to “harvest” their votes.


12 posted on 06/19/2016 6:11:05 PM PDT by ak267
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Only 69% of these men, ages 25 to 54, are employed, according to new research from the Brookings Institution. That figure was 80% in 1980.


13 posted on 06/19/2016 6:13:16 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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Apparently I pinched a nerve. I will go back to ignoring your posts. There are better battles to pick.


14 posted on 06/19/2016 6:13:29 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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How can this be if most “new” employment is part time or low wage? Only wymyns get those new jobs?


15 posted on 06/19/2016 6:14:12 PM PDT by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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Fake a disability and find a shady doctor to sign off on it.

This turns Darwinian evolutionary theory on its head.

I wonder how this will work out?

16 posted on 06/19/2016 6:15:15 PM PDT by oldbrowser
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What is wrong with a thread showing high unemployment among men, comrade?


17 posted on 06/19/2016 6:15:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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Fair question kimosabe. Nothing. You have my most sincere apology. I overreacted to the headline because it seemed like it was stating the obvious and I allowed myself to be prejudicial. I was wrong


18 posted on 06/19/2016 6:22:24 PM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I did not see a break down by race. (did not watch the video, though)


19 posted on 06/19/2016 6:23:02 PM PDT by dynachrome (When an empire dies, you are left with vast monuments in front of which peasants squat to defecate)
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Gilligan!


20 posted on 06/19/2016 6:26:44 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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