2016 Postmortem

davidn3600

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6. The are going on "workforce participation" numbers

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 02:02 AM

Nov 2016

Our workforce participation is right now at 62.8%. And that actually is the lowest percentage of population working since the 70s. So they aren't totally wrong about that aspect of it.

A big problem is we have so much of our population underemployed. We got lots of college grads bartending and working cashiers. We got people who can't find full-time jobs. I know this one guy who works 3 part-time jobs, works 60 hours a week....gets no benefits. None. He's paying a small fortune for Obamacare.

That guy right there I'm talking about....who do you think he voted for?

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With unemployment under 5% Trump is starting from a very rough position for him [View all] Quixote1818 Nov 2016 OP

Trump says the real number is over 50% ......LOL putitinD Nov 2016 #1

The are going on "workforce participation" numbers davidn3600 Nov 2016 #6

Bravo!! Kilgore Nov 2016 #7

I'm an economics professor TDBroke Nov 2016 #8

Posts like this will get ignored GummyBearz Nov 2016 #9

We've seen what happens TDBroke Nov 2016 #10

I agree completely GummyBearz Nov 2016 #12

yeah so you vote for the people that cause the problem okieinpain Nov 2016 #16

I'm sure that by the time he's done being President Farmgirl1961 Nov 2016 #2

what i see happening with him is scapegoating some minority group JI7 Nov 2016 #3

he will blame everybody but himself NewJeffCT Nov 2016 #11

No doubt there'll be a recession during his term Stargleamer Nov 2016 #4

There are about 5000 jobs in my NY county going unfilled..... Historic NY Nov 2016 #5

Are these all GummyBearz Nov 2016 #13

From health care type to warehouse jobs, etc Historic NY Nov 2016 #14

Great point. RonniePudding Nov 2016 #15

They will make up crap, the MSM will repeat their made up crap and the UE in 3yrs will be 2.1% uponit7771 Nov 2016 #17