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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (131770)5/4/2012 11:21:54 AM
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People Not In Labor Force Soar By 522,000, Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest Since 1981

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 05/04/2012 08:40 -0400


it is just getting sad now. In April the number of people not in the labor force rose by a whopping 522,000 from 87,897,000 to
88,419,000. This is the highest on record. The flip side, and the reason why the unemployment dropped to 8.1% is that the labor force participation rate just dipped to a new 30 year low of 64.3%.

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