Record 93.2 million Americans now not in the labor force

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br>The not in the labor force rebound added 277,000 Americans in March alone.<br><br><br>In the last year alone we have added 2.1 million Americans to the “not in the labor force” category. This mysterious category continues to grow and is having a field day with the employment data. It is hard to ignore this number because it represents a large portion of our population that is simply not counted in the labor force data. You have older Americans in this category but you also have a large number of people wanting work and simply not being able to find it. You also have many relenting and taking up work in the <a href="http://www.mybudget360.com/low-wage-jobs-and-not-in-the-labor-force-jump-in-last-jobs-report/">low wage segment of our economy</a>. The unemployment rate would have you believe that this is a fantastic recovery but in March alone we added 277,000 to the not in the labor force category while only 126,000 jobs were created. It is becoming more apparent there will be a strain on the one-third of Americans supporting the other two-thirds.<br><br><br><br>Non-working America<br> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <script language="javascript" src="http://banneradvertising.adclickmedia.com/cgi-bin/bannerrotate.cgi?milevski21::46981"></script> <br>There seems to be this selective blindness to this group. The narrative that tries to explain this growth away is that older Americans are simply retiring. This is more myth than fact. First, retirement assumes that many older Americans have the means to retire. The reality is, <a href="http://www.mybudget360.com/social-security-workers-per-retiree-ssa-income-fund-taxes/">half of older Americans on Social Security</a> would be in poverty if it were not for that monthly check. Many older Americans are working into old age because they have to. Another segment is the group of people meandering in college. Most are there to gain an education and grow. Many are there going into deep debt with a degree that will probably yield very little in the marketplace.<br><br>We have some significant structural issues to confront here. Take a look at this growth:<br><br><a href="http://www.mybudget360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/LFP_0.jpg"><img src="http://www.mybudget360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/LFP_0.jpg"></a><br><br>93.2 million Americans are now not in the labor force. In the last year alone we’ve added 2.1 million to this category. This is a staggering amount to an already large group. What makes it more difficult is that you have a larger burden of production being placed on those in the private sector. One-third of Americans are supporting two-thirds of the population:<br><br><a href="http://www.mybudget360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/319-Million2.jpg"><img src="http://www.mybudget360.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/319-Million2.jpg"></a></span></div>

Record 93.2 million Americans now not in the labor force

The not in the labor force rebound added 277,000 Americans in March alone. In the last year alone we have added 2.1 million Americans to th...

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U.S. Adds 252,000 Jobs In December, Unemployment Declines To 5%

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great news for US economy. <br><br>The U.S. economy added 252,000 jobs in December, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="https://twitter.com/BLS_gov/status/553544240215900161">reported</a> Friday.</span><div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div> <div> <script src="http://ads.qadserve.com/t?id=a9d19797-a2f4-4278-bad3-1729dd785474&size=300x250" type="text/javascript"></script> <script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://bdv.bidvertiser.com/BidVertiser.dbm?pid=579098%26bid=1449088" type="text/javascript"></script> <noscript><a href="http://www.bidvertiser.com/bdv/BidVertiser/bdv_advertiser.dbm">marketing</a></noscript> <script language="javascript" src="http://banneradvertising.adclickmedia.com/cgi-bin/bannerrotate.cgi?milevski21::46981" type="text/javascript"></script> <img height="266" src="https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPRUhlLV6aDHBATzdmeq5vY4v-oXfSKxfn54Bu2I9x6vI2ulSiuA" width="400"></div></div>

U.S. Adds 252,000 Jobs In December, Unemployment Declines To 5%

Great news for US economy. The U.S. economy added 252,000 jobs in December, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Lab...

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20% of American workers have lost their job during last 5 years

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roughly one-in-five American workers have been laid off during the last half-decade, according to a recent report, raising new doubts about exactly how secure job stability really is within the United States.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://news.rutgers.edu/research-news/long-term-unemployed-struggle-economy-improves-rutgers-study-finds/20140925#.VCsP5TawUog" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.5s, text-decoration 0.5s; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.5s, text-decoration 0.5s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">report</a>, published last week out of the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University, found that roughly 30 million Americans — or around 20 percent of the workforce — have lost a job during the last five years.</span></div> <div style="line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img src="http://img.rt.com/files/usa/news/jobs-us-employment-welfare-749/want-33-americans-job.n.jpg"></div> </div>

20% of American workers have lost their job during last 5 years

Roughly one-in-five American workers have been laid off during the last half-decade, according to a recent report, raising new doubts abou...

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