"A Grave Social Ill": America’s Unworking Men

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Originally Posted by finnbow

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.

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

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by whell

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

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)?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

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)?

Furthermore, the BLS anticipates that the problem is likely to worsen in the coming years. They project that participation rate will drop from it's current 62.9% to 60.9% by 2024. This appears to be baked in to the trend toward automating some skilled labor jobs and moving others offshore.

[whell]

Originally Posted by finnbow

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)?

Since you're throwing stones, maybe you can tell me how the current occupant of the White House has done?

[nailer]

Originally Posted by whell

Since you're throwing stones, maybe you can tell me how the current occupant of the White House has done?

Not much, although significantly more than the GOP.