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09-02-2016, 11:06 AM
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"A Grave Social Ill": America’s Unworking Men
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-idle...men-1472769641
There are now over 93 Million people not in the labor force. These numbers compare to the recessionary days of 1977.
According to the WSJ article: "During the past half-century, work rates for U.S. males spiraled relentlessly downward. America is now home to a vast army of jobless men who are no longer even looking for work—roughly seven million of them age 25 to 54, the traditional prime of working life."
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09-02-2016, 11:18 AM
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Damn robots and wimmin are sapping our precious bodily fluids.
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09-02-2016, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by whell
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-idle...men-1472769641
There are now over 93 Million people not in the labor force. These numbers compare to the recessionary days of 1977.
According to the WSJ article: "During the past half-century, work rates for U.S. males spiraled relentlessly downward. America is now home to a vast army of jobless men who are no longer even looking for work—roughly seven million of them age 25 to 54, the traditional prime of working life."
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CNS News? Brent Bozell? Even you can do netter than that. Or was that story on the hot sheet from your employer this morning?
I wonder what the real number is and how many of them are trust fund babies.
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09-02-2016, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
CNS News? Brent Bozell? Even you can do netter than that. Or was that story on the hot sheet from your employer this morning?
I wonder what the real number is and how many of them are trust fund babies.
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Thank you for your post. Your off-the-shelf responses are at least rapid, if not germane to the OP.
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09-02-2016, 11:49 AM
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http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_303.htm Interesting numbers.
The disenchanted/disgruntled white male is The Donald's base. While a bit disenchanted, I enjoy competing and am not disgruntled.
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09-02-2016, 12:39 PM
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Ten million down to seven million?
Thanks Obama!
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09-02-2016, 12:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by whell
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-idle...men-1472769641
There are now over 93 Million people not in the labor force. These numbers compare to the recessionary days of 1977.
According to the WSJ article: "During the past half-century, work rates for U.S. males spiraled relentlessly downward. America is now home to a vast army of jobless men who are no longer even looking for work—roughly seven million of them age 25 to 54, the traditional prime of working life."
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In major American metropolitan areas and with the current unemployment rate at 4.9%, able-bodied and competent people have little problems finding work. A large component of your cited number is the large cohort of baby boomers retiring.
FWIW, Romney promised to reduce the unemployment rate to 6% by the end of his first term. It seems Obama has been that by nearly 20%.
Here's a few truths about Republican promises on the economy in 2008 vs what Obama actually delivered.
https://thinkprogress.org/4-things-t...a5a#.c10w3x80h
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09-02-2016, 01:19 PM
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In major American metropolitan areas and with the current unemployment rate at 4.9%, able-bodied and competent people have little problems finding work. A large component of your cited number is the large cohort of baby boomers retiring.
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Thank you for your post, indicating that you didn't bother looking at WSJ story.
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09-02-2016, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by whell
Thank you for your post, indicating that you didn't bother looking at WSJ story.
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I got past the paywall and read it. At least it didn't accuse Obama of being responsible for this phenomena as the Right has been claiming for the past 8 years. This problem, that the article says has been ongoing for several decades, was not a concern nor addressed by the conservative press during Dubya's 8 years of trashing the economy. For that matter, what has the GOP done and what does it plan to do for the less educated, never married, native born and African-American who suffer the most from this phenomena (other than incarcerate them)?
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Last edited by finnbow; 09-02-2016 at 04:31 PM.
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