[aruanan]

Record 87,897,000 Americans Not in the Labor Force

311,591,917 (U.S. population roughly)
-23,395,287 (age 65 and over: male 17,745,363/female 23,377,542)
-62,889,723(age under 14: male 32,107,900/female 30,781,823)

86,285,010 not in workforce because they're under 15 or over 64. And that was using 2011 numbers. This record number not in the labor force doesn't mean that these are people who would otherwise be working. It is simply all those, for whatever reason, who are not.

[Soul of the South]

“Record 87,897,000 Americans Not in the Labor Force”

The 20 million US manufacturing jobs lost since 1990 due to our one way free trade policies would make a nice dent in the unemployment number. Add to that the millions of jobs held by illegals.

Government policies do affect the employment rate.