I don't agree with that number. Many of those who are neither employed nor looking for work were never in the workforce. They may be career welfare, full-time parents, disabled, or for a number of other reasons outside the job market. A more relevant number is the "civilian labor force participation rate", which shows a 3.2% decrease since the communist took power, or a little less than 8 million people who dropped out of the workforce - in large part because of Obama's incompetence.
The fact is I don't agree with any propaganda the produce. When in fact because they require that witholdings be made from every paycheck, they can know precisely how many people are working or how many are receiving unemployment insurance payments. Computers are marvelous things but like progressives the don't understand the concept of morality.