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<We have more employed people than ever> Only because we have more people, period, than ever. We are actually closer to our lowest-ever percentage employed th
by DrScump 11y ago
<We have more employed people than ever>
Only because we have more people, period, than ever. We are actually closer to our lowest-ever percentage employed than our highest ever[0] since 1950.
And our workforce participation rate (i.e. where you don't ignore longstanding unemployed to dishonestly suppress reported unemployment stats) is still well below even the worst of Bush 43's tenure[1].
[0] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/employed-persons http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/employed-perso...
[1] http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/labor-force-participation-rate http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/labor-force-pa...