Name:   MartiniMan - Subject:   Sorry but he is wrong Date:   1/24/2016 4:13:22 PM

I'll readily admit to my bias regarding sources I like. But on this issue I am agnostic.  Regardless of the reasons for the lower labor participation rate it is de facto a serious problem.  Having fewer people in the active labor pool is a dangerous thing for a whole variety of reasons.  Especially when they are of working age and capable.  From your perspective it is fewer people to pay taxes that support your big government programs.  From mine, it is more people not contributing to our economy and relying on either savings or some government program.  Either way, both of us should rue the low labor participation rate regardless of our rationale.  On this issue we should be aligned, unless all you want is more govt dependence so they will vote for Democrats. Pretty soon they will run out of other people's money and then what?  

I do agree that blaming Bush for the recession is silly.  But that is because I cannot think of one thing he did to cause it. But on the weak recovery I can come up with literally dozens of policy decisions, laws and regulations passed by Democrats that have negatively impacted the economy. I have asked this before and am still waiting for a reasonable answer, what exactly did Bush do to cause the recession?  Not,asking you to answer because you've already said he didn't. But he is routinely blamed and no one seems able,to articulate why.