Contumacious
Radical Freedom
The unemployment rate was made worse by the welfare/warfare party to which Bush and Obama belong .[/QUOTE]Go back and slowly say out loud what you wrote and think about it for a second.IN
how do you figure?Dude you just contradicted yourself.No, more people are participating now, but the percent of the population participating is lower.Funny when Bush left office more people were participating in the work force than are now
January, 2009
Labor Force = 154,210,000
Population = 234,739,000
So the participation rate was 154,210/234,739,000= 65.7%
September 2014
Labor Force = 155,862,000 THE LABOR FORCE IS BIGGER
Population = 248,446,000
Participation rate= 155,862,000/248,446,000 = 62.7%
The number of people in the Labor Force is bigger.
The percent of the population in the Labor Force is lower.
What do you think is contradictory?
More people are working but fewer people are working now.
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