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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Not angry.....just sad......
	Date:	1/21/2013 7:49:51 PM

As for your weak attempt at an explanation it is so pathetically sad I can barely control myself from guffawing. I want to laugh and cry all at the same time but lets take your explanation to its logical conclusion. So we have a small reduction in the labor participation rate until about Jan 2009 and suddenly it drops like a rock for the next three years. Now assuming all these retirees are 65 that means from 1934 to 1937 there was a sudden and unexplained baby boom......except that is not what the population data shows. I know, a whole bunch of people took early retirement, right? They just magically decided to do it during the last three years of Obama's term. That the LBR includes all eligible workers from age 16-64 is immaterial. Heck, those 18 year olds are takin early retirement.

Yes Archibald, some people retire every year and some people enter the labor force for the first time. And no doubt a small portion of the dramatic drop is a result of that. But this drop would occur as a long term trend and not a precipitous one. Archie, use your brain and think about what you are posting before you do so. Tis better to be thought a fool that to type out a post and remove all doubt. So no Blah, Blah, retirees do not explain the the calamitous drop in our labor participation rate from 2009 to today. It was caused by people giving up all hope of ever finding a job because of the feckless policies of your messiah.

But it was a nice try......pathetic and weak but at least you tried. Just admit it, your jobs numbers are likewise pathetic and weak and reflect a failed president that was given a gimme by the American people because their expectations were so low......just like all affirmative action beneficiaries.