"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."

Sad.

Damn robots and wimmin are sapping our precious bodily fluids. :rolleyes:

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.

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. :)

There was another thread about 10 million missing men.

http://www.politicalchat.org/showthread.php?t=10769

Ten million down to seven million?

Thanks Obama! :D

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

Thank you for your post, indicating that you didn't bother looking at WSJ story. :rolleyes:

Thank you for your post. Your off-the-shelf responses are at least rapid, if not germane to the OP.

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)?