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The Most Serious [x] Problem We Face Today

Re: The Most Serious [x] Problem We Face Today

Never needed a full sheet? What are you building? Dollhouses?
;)

I rented a truck last summer to bring home about a dozen full sheets for the full walls, sheets of plywood for the new subfloor, all the molding, the wainscoting, etc. etc. They sat on the front porch for over a year as I slowly worked my way through them (the molding is still on the porch, sigh). I needed one more sheet of the mold-resistant stuff for the space behind the toilet and sink in the bathroom.
 
Re: The Most Serious [x] Problem We Face Today

About 58.7% of the eligible US workforce is "officially" employed. That's a problem. Workforce participation rate is 63.2% and unemployment is 7.3%. College and high school kids aren't looking for jobs the way they used to, and the Baby Boomers are retiring, making this figure worse, though the Baby Boomer figure is more expected than the kids sitting at home. Still, the job market is weak, causing a great number of eligible people in this country to stop looking for work.

The only possible positive from this - a huge stretch to call it such - is that we know there's a black market for labor. Hopefully those people not looking for jobs are getting paid under the table.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/06/news/economy/labor-force-participation/index.html?source=cnn_bin
 
Re: The Most Serious [x] Problem We Face Today

About 58.7% of the eligible US workforce is "officially" employed. That's a problem. Workforce participation rate is 63.2% and unemployment is 7.3%. College and high school kids aren't looking for jobs the way they used to, and the Baby Boomers are retiring, making this figure worse, though the Baby Boomer figure is more expected than the kids sitting at home. Still, the job market is weak, causing a great number of eligible people in this country to stop looking for work.

The only possible positive from this - a huge stretch to call it such - is that we know there's a black market for labor. Hopefully those people not looking for jobs are getting paid under the table.

http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/06/news/economy/labor-force-participation/index.html?source=cnn_bin

Here is an article with more detail: http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/the-exchange/real-labor-force-dropouts-175850505.html

The boomers aren't retiring, they are hogging all the jobs. Why would the greed end now?
 
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