[upsdriver]

Are you saying the pool of potential employees in the country is shrinking?

[Rippin]

Are you saying the pool of potential employees in the country is shrinking?

Yes. People stop officially looking when their unemployment insurance runs out they work under the table and don’t ‘count’ any more. They have to show up and keep ‘looking’ to get the unemployment insurance.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/workinglife/florida-unemployment-hits-118-shrinking-labor-pool-masks-deeper-problem/1067308