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1 posted on 07/07/2015 7:31:13 AM PDT by Kaslin
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But the largest reduction in the workforce has been among the millennials. Today the labor force participation rate for the 16 to 24 age group is 55.1 percent, down from 60.8 percent a decade ago and more than 66 percent back in the late 1990s.

Hey, why not? Why should anyone have to work to support themselves? Why shouldn't young people be able to "find themselves" while the government supports them? The rich can afford to pay more taxes to support everyone. In fact, the greedy bastards aren't paying their fair share now!!

2 posted on 07/07/2015 7:35:24 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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100 million American not working?

Okay, what about the Americans that AREN’T in the GOVERNMENT?..............


3 posted on 07/07/2015 7:35:26 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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Is it true that the new people entering the demographic are not seeking unemployment so they don’t get counted in the U3 or U6 unemployment?


4 posted on 07/07/2015 7:36:12 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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and Libs will tell you the Labor Participation Rate includes 98 year olds. Where do they come up with this carp?


5 posted on 07/07/2015 7:36:16 AM PDT by Qwackertoo (Worst 8 years ever, First Affirmative Action President, I hope those who did this to us SUFFER MOST!)
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Engorge the Lumpenproletariat.

It’s been part of their platform for decades.

Best way to bring down private enterprise and take control.


7 posted on 07/07/2015 7:37:38 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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Unemployment must be around 30% now.


9 posted on 07/07/2015 7:38:38 AM PDT by Logical me
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They will soon be drinking ouzo and waving blue and white flags.


11 posted on 07/07/2015 7:39:09 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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Wages were flat last month -- so higher pay isn't going to induce a stream of workers into jobs.

That statement makes no sense.

15 posted on 07/07/2015 7:41:43 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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Those are not “policy mistakes”. It is all part of a very deliberate plan.


16 posted on 07/07/2015 7:42:49 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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“109,631,000 Americans lived in households that received benefits from one or more federally funded “means-tested programs” — also known as welfare — as of the fourth quarter of 2012, according to data released Tuesday by the Census Bureau.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/354-percent-109631000-welfare


17 posted on 07/07/2015 7:43:50 AM PDT by Signalman
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100 million Americans not working - how many illegal aliens for all countries are working????


18 posted on 07/07/2015 7:45:59 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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Sounds like Greece


22 posted on 07/07/2015 7:49:56 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Who would want to hire millenials, when you have a quarter of the mexican population jumping the border to take those jobs, and pretty much a no upper limit H1-B visa program. This is what US employers want, third world cheap labor, and use every dirty trick and lame excuse in the book to get it.

Wait until TPP and all of its goodies goes into effect. Americans will be essentially shut out of their own labor market, just like europe.

We have nobody to blame but ourselves for this predicament, which is being caused by selling out our country and sovereignty for short term financial gain.

23 posted on 07/07/2015 7:50:59 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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Stephen Moore is an amnesty pimp.
If we deported the illegal aliens, wages would rise and people would find jobs.


26 posted on 07/07/2015 7:54:57 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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This is Obama's "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" moment.........

not to be outdone by BUSH............

28 posted on 07/07/2015 8:01:03 AM PDT by annieokie
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Obama would say they now work for him


31 posted on 07/07/2015 8:05:39 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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33 posted on 07/07/2015 8:07:30 AM PDT by Stand Watch Listen (When the going gets tough--the Low Information President Obie from Nairobi goes golfing/fundraising)
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No one knows for sure why the labor force has shrunk so much under Obama.

He really wrote that?

-PJ

39 posted on 07/07/2015 8:22:46 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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My wife and I are among the non-workers - retired and trying to enjoy before S really HTF...


43 posted on 07/07/2015 8:32:33 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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The best indicator of the economy is this one I think:
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/M2V


44 posted on 07/07/2015 8:33:17 AM PDT by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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