[E. Pluribus Unum]

What exactly do you do when you "leave the job market?"

Stop eating?

[Brian S]

Peddle dope and sell your a$$... ;)

[CheezyD]

And how do they identify who has "given up"? Seems to me this is just an attempt to put a damper on the news that the unemployment figures are looking better.

[biblewonk]

Two income families become one income families and women actually become housewives and take care of their kids.

[grobdriver]

What exactly do you do when you "leave the job market?"

You forget about working for someone else and start your own business.

[sangoo]

What exactly do you do when you "leave the job market?"

You dip into your savings. Thats what I have been doing. I'm over 50, and I got tired of what I discerned to be age discrimination so said forget it and now I am in the process of moving out of the former great state of California.

[waterstraat]

What exactly do you do when you "leave the job market?" Stop eating?

When there arent any jobs, you stop looking. The jobs are all in china and india, and they dont employ americans.

It is up the rest of americans who still have jobs to make up the difference. Not only do you have to pay more taxes(to make up those who no longer pay taxes) but you will also have to pay more for welfare, food, clothing, shelter, etc. for those whose jobs went overseas.

Until and unless, american companaies start opening up factories in america, and when they stop out sourcing and hiring H1-B visa people, you will be expected to continue to pay up.

Free trade is not free.

Someone has to pay, and it is not going to be the global companies who are permantently laying off people. government spending is not going down because there are fewer taxpayers, it is going up, with fewer workers paying.

[dljordan]

Hey! There are many nutritious and tasty items to be found in dumpsters. And furthermore, cardboard refrigerator boxes provide excellent insulation in those cold winter months while you're waiting for the tech jobs to return to American shores. I'm trying to be funny but some people around here are losing their homes. I guess if you want job security you should be a bureaucrat or politician.

[tell me]

College Students who were half-heartedly looking for a summer job stop looking and head to the beaches.