[SeekAndFind]

[kaehurowing]

It’s mainly illegals that have taken a huge percentage of the jobs.

[Cowboy Bob]

No one complained about this when Bronco Bama was President.

[Alberta's Child]

An aging labor force might explain part of the problem, since workers aged 55 to 64 -- a bracket that is swelling, as the baby boomers age -- are less likely to work than younger folks.

This guy really understates this.

As of the end of 2017 there were 62 million Americans on Social Security. I'd say the entire issue of low labor force participation can be attributed to massive growth of retirees over the years. See below:

The so-called labor-force participation rate is 62.8%, a level it has generally been stuck at since 2014.

The 62.8% represents the number of people employed and looking for work as a percentage of the "adult population" in the U.S., which is defined as anyone 16 or older who is not institutionalized. This percentage is so low because retirees are included in the "adult population" even if they have no interest in working.

[SoFloFreeper]

ha ha ha ha

fakenews yahoo tries to downplay the Trump economy.

These same pukes sang the praises of every disastrous move by Obama.

And when someone would point out the participation rate, it was ignored by fakenews yahoo.

cram it, yahoo. no one listens to your fake analysis.

[Vendome]

Interesting.

Back when we were wondering about the Labor Force Participation rate, no one seemed to care.

Now, it’s important?

[C210N]

For that reason, our weekly Trumpometer says: MEDIOCRE....

The enemedia combined with the 0' regime are just so predictable.

VALERIE JARRETT: WE SHOULD GIVE OBAMA CREDIT FOR TODAY’S JOBS REPORT

[Vendome]

Uhmmmm..... So, let’s see if Larry has anything positive to say about the President:
https://www.yahoo.com/author/rick-newman

Nope

[Nifster]

This yob is a lefty who has a BA and spent his career writing for useless outlets

Why should I pay any attention to him?

[Angels27]

Real unemployment is at 10-12% when you factor in the people whose bebfits have run out and have not found work (or have taken employment for lesser pay to try and survive). It is still a very tough job market out there, especially for blue collar folks (non college educated whites in Democrat talk). Plus wages are not in line with the cost of living. The country is stil not doing well. Undoing the damage of the HW Bush, Clinton, W Bush, 0bama administrations willntake a long time.

[Revolutionary]

The U-6 is what i watch for the right trend. The dems messed up the headline number so they would not look bad; especially going into the election.

[DoughtyOne]

This week in Trumponomics: Labor Force Participation Rate Still Low

Yes, and under Obama it was surprisingly high, to hear Lefties tell it.

[Iron Munro]

Stop paying people to not work with money extorted from working taxpayers.

[DannyTN]

Looking at the labor force participation is valid.

• If labor participation is low because people have become independently wealthy and can retire early, that's a good thing.
• If participation is low because people got on disability in 2009 to survive even though they aren't disabled, and now they are afraid or unwilling to reenter the workforce, that's a bad thing.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Fake news.

[Zathras]

If my ex wife can find a job, anyone can!
It all broke loose back in October for her.
:-)

[catnipman]

ROTFLOL!

for 8 year under obamam the leftist fake stream media pretended like the U6 unemployment stats didn’t exist, but now that Trump is President, they’ve suddenly discovered theM: “Oh look, things arn’t REALLY as rosy as Trump claims ...”

Of course, the thing is that the leftist fake steam media can spin numbers all day long, but it’s the reality of daily life that people are going to pay attention to, not the lies and spin from the Nuevo Pravadas from the right-hand coast ...

[Hugin]

An aging labor force might explain part of the problem, since workers aged 55 to 64 — a bracket that is swelling, as the baby boomers age — are less likely to work than younger folks.

I've been saying that for a while. A lot of boomers who work physical jobs can't do them anymore.

[9YearLurker]

Obama worked as hard as he could for eight years to pad the disabled list with guaranteed Democrat voters. It will be a challenge to get that undone.

[Vermont Lt]

People in their late fifties who lose their jobs cannot get a new one. So they stop looking. Why is this difficult to understand.

[Sirius Lee]

After eight years the "labor participation rate" suddenly matters.

Next in the wings - "the homeless" to make its first encore performance since Reagan.