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Old 03-10-2015, 12:44 PM  
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for instance, let's look closer at the unemployment figure, nevermind the fact the OP couldn't point to one single BO program that motivated hiring.


Here is the stunning statistic on the economy that tells the whole story about why we aren’t growing faster. Since Barack Obama entered the Oval Office in January of 2009,the percentage of the working age population actually part of the labor force (either working or looking for work) has plummeted by 3 percentage points – to 62.7%.

Not since early 1978 has such a low proportion of the working-age population been in the labor force. In effect, the labor force is 7.4 million smaller than it otherwise would have been had people either not stopped looking for work or, particularly with the case of younger Americans, simply failed to start looking for work. In effect, nearly as many Americans have either left the work force – or never entered — in this recovery than have found a job. That’s a very distressing trend. It also explains the big dive in the official unemployment rate to 5.9%.


Under Obama: One Million More Americans Have Dropped Out Of Work Force than Have Found a Job - Forbes
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