>> The majority of hopeless people are a long way from retirement >Source? assuming "long way from retirement" is 10+ years. Discouraged over job prospects

>> The majority of hopeless people are a long way from retirement >Source? assuming "long way from retirement" is 10+ years. Discouraged over job prospects age 24-55: 311k age 55+: 170k Discouraged workers are persons marginally attached to the labor force who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea38.htm https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea38.htm