[GaryCrow]

Meanwhile our labor force participation rate is near an all time low. That's the real indicator of unemployment. How are all these people who don't work surviving you ask? Most are on some kind of government benefits which are now so lucrative that they don't feel the need to get a job. In order to replace these workers that live off of benefits instead of working Biden wants to import more third worlders.

The answer is pretty simple, stop paying people not to work. We can't do that because then they might not vote democrat.

[Alberta's Child]

Meanwhile our labor force participation rate is near an all time low. That's the real indicator of unemployment. How are all these people who don't work surviving you ask?

This can be a very misleading statistic because the “potential labor force” includes anyone over the age of 16 who is not institutionalized — with no maximum age. The biggest factor in our declining labor force participation rate right now is retirement.