Posted on 04/26/2019 1:59:15 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
There are still policies in place that encourage people to not work by removing bennies once someone hits a (low) level of income.
“How many people are elderly, disabled, children, wealthy/rich not working, wives not working, people who don’t want to work.”
I looked for that info too but couldn’t find it. Made a great headline though as far as getting attention etc.
Paul Krugman’s got a blog!
You got it.
And in many cases, the job postings are what @hoapres on the old Dice forum calls non-jobs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKuMFe0iCLw
“5.3 percent unemployment — that is the biggest joke there is in this country. … The unemployment rate is probably 20 percent, but I will tell you, you have some great economists that will tell you it’s a 30, 32. And the highest I’ve heard so far is 42 percent.” - DJT, September 2015
21% unemployment? What crap.
Retirees make up the majority of those not in the participation rate and as the baby boomers are now retiring and people are living longer of course the number of people outside the labor participation rate has increased but it’s NOT unemployment.
This author is a liar or a moron or a bit of both.
From three years ago. The same author, the same poster, and essentially the same scary story. Only differece is the comments.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3415158/posts
And yet companies are begging for workers.
EXCUSE ME.......DEMOGRAPHIC BABY BOOMER BUBBLE.
Yes, there are lots of unemployed and their ranks are growing quickly..........they call themselves retirees!
Is the author of this so very dumb.
I’ve been looking for a job for 10 years now but there’s not one to be found at the softball field. That’s depressing.
Yep - most of them unemployed are those that refuse to work because we make it too easy for them to be leeches.
Economic Collapse Blog
Fixed it.
There is no such thing as a labor shortage, there is only a wage shortage.
Pay more.
Pay is generous.
Interesting graph ... look how flat it was from about 2010 to 2014. I went back to work in town (after farming with the family for several years) in 2010. That year going in I was the only car on the road at 5:30 AM. Now I’m regularly in backed up traffic. Every place has a “help wanted” sign. My wages have more than doubled since 2010. Good times!
I am amazed a that = I am amazed at the
Yes, I remember those charts.
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