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The graph is labor participation rate of Men 20 and over. No narrative required. Steady, just under 72% since 2013 or so.

Where as the unemployment graph shows the percentage of the population that qualifies for unemployment benefits.

You tell me, which is a more meaningful indicator of employment reality in the U.S ?

I do think boomers leaving the labor force probably affect this a little (making it look a little worse than it is). I don't know, perhaps that accounts for a lot of the 4% drop from where we were before 2007. And then since those retired people are receiving SS, or pensions, or living off of savings, it's not a negative on the economy.

marcus says

But you have nothing whatsoever to say about this (below) ?

Uh, what's 1946 plus 65?

Uh, how old are people born in 1950 this year? 1955?

What size is that generational cohort?

Thanks.

who is this money owed to? and what happens if it never gets paid back?

marcus says

The graph is labor participation rate of Men 20 and over. No narrative required. Steady, just under 72% since 2013 or so.

All men 20 and over? Yeah... if you think this chart is because orange man bad the TDS has won.

NCFY above tries to hint at the answer.

NoCoupForYou says

Uh, how old are people born in 1950 this year? 1955?

What size is that generational cohort?

All me 20 and above, smfh, people are retarded when it comes to statistics.

CBOEtrader says

NCFY above tries to hint at the answer.

You should read my comments.

He only came up with that after I said it multiple times. I said it first. Because it doesn't make sense that it's flat. And unlike you trolls I'm willing to look at things honestly.

Boomers retiring could be making a graph that would be up slightly, flat. Unlikely it can account for that much of the 4% we're down from 2006 though. Because as large as the boomer cohort is there are about as many entering the labor force as leaving. Millennials are actually greater in number than boomers.

Labor force just refers to jobs, not how good they are - so it doesn't explain that much.

CBOEtrader says

All me 20 and above, smfh, people are retarded when it comes to statistics.

Yeah sure , shake your head and say I'm stupid, to hide your inability to assemble a logical thought on the matter.

marcus says

Because it doesn't make sense that it's flat.

So you are saying Trump is doing a better than expected job?

Marcus start by making a statement. Then support that statement.

I dont think your chart suggests what you imply it suggests. You dont actually say what it suggests, cause that's how trolls troll.

Your method of ambiguous implicative communication forces others to infer your meaning. Then you act as if everyone is a retard for not reading your mind. Do you not want to discuss your "points"?

Do you have a core point to defend? Please state it

CBOEtrader says

Do you have a core point to defend? Please state it

I already did.

1) THe unemployment graph is great, but not nearly as great as Trump promoters want to make it. It represents the percentage of people that are eligible for unemployment benefits.

2) The percentage of Men age 20 and above that are employed has held steady the last 5 years or so at about 72%, which is 4% below where it was before the crash.

There you go. Instead of just presenting the graph, I read it for you.

Better ?

More parades coming soon....I love parades.

LOL....times sure have changed for the good finally...convert or die rulers are so yesterday

IMO Patrick should not require a login to view pics.

I agree that anything cloud related should be avoided!
The only good thing that ever came from all this cloud shit were all those nude celebrity pics that got leaked. I'm specifically referring to "The Fappening".

nybiker says

Americans want to have a civil war because of illegal immigrants, homosexuals, and pot, but no one cares that the US is a bankrupt warmongering police state.

Go ship your Bitcoin Mining Rig to Hong Kong and put yourself under the Chicoms, then.

Sorry, this is necessary because of legal threats. There is a copyright troll lawyer who thought that this site looked like an easy target for extortion.

To see images, try holding down the shift key and clicking the reload button in your browser. The reload button often looks like a circle with an arrow in it.

If that doesn't work, trying logging out and logging in to https://patrick.net/ (without the www!)

BTW, if you copy any image off of this site, you agree to pay $10,000 for each one, as each copy is a violation of the terms of use, which prohibits the copying of images. That's part of my defense strategy as well.

@patrick,
Nybiker is a bot. I thought xe was banned already a while ago?

Oil is a bot too, from memory

Exactly - Iran rulers lie and BS as bad as Democrats and the Media...race to the bottom

LOL.... takes a 'real' man to admit that

Rumors are Iranian rulers are are begging John Kerry to get Jimmy Carter to run again, but JC just responded 'who are you...did I help build a house for you/'.

HEYYOU says

Republicans,
I hear Iran is a beautiful,you should visit.

You know the only travelers will be liberals trying to prove to America that world is loving and accepting and nothing bad ever happens.

Its people's thoughts n links whatthat they can get u for extortion?

Yep, this is why past leaders were too cowardly to stop wars by taking out the enemy leader. The cowards would rather get thousands of their own citizens killed rather than set themselves up as a possible target.

What happens to bacteria when they fill the petri dish?: they drown in their own poop.
CO2 and plastics are humanity's poop.

One organisms poop is another organisms food.

rd6B says

One organisms poop is another organisms food.

Unfortunately there are few organisms eating plastics, and the CO2 we generate is the one plants absorbed over millions of years in the past.

Heraclitusstudent says

rd6B says

One organisms poop is another organisms food.

Unfortunately there are few organisms eating plastics, and the CO2 we generate is the one plants absorbed over millions of years in the past.

No one said its a fast process. If we are gone, in a few million years which is nothing on Earth time scale, residue of our existence will be erased and eaten up. May be our purpose on this planet is to provide CO2 for plants...

Heraclitusstudent says

Unfortunately there are few organisms eating plastics, and the CO2 we generate is the one plants absorbed over millions of years in the past.

Phoenix awards contract to Renewlogy for chemical recycling project
The project will focus on using a chemical recycling process to reverse #3-7 plastics back to their basic molecular structures, making them fit for conversion to fuels. Once it reaches full production, the facility is expected to process 10 tons of mixed plastics per day, amounting to about 60 barrels of liquid fuel.
I know, this really doesn't address any of your concerns, but it's certainly better than digging up those million year old carbon sources.

There's also the bacteria that eat plastics. But way to go.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/10/could-a-new-plastic-eating-bacteria-help-combat-this-pollution-scourge

Not drugs. He is getting a BJ from a babe in the podium "Police Academy" style.

For God's sake, wear a condom!

Do you want to be surrounded by people who hate you for who you are when you get old?

Those who hate you will be born, regardless whether you have any children of your own. You can only control / influence whether anyone loving you is to be born among the 200k every day.

Brilliant redistribution plan to reset the homeless:non-homeless equilibria. Collect more and more money from the non-homeless driving them to the brink of homelessness, and use the money to drive the homeless into homes. OBEY!

As WW (above) said: Raise the cost of buying a home so as to help the homeless! That's government (or progressive) logic for you!

The signs can still be re-purposed. They just need to read 'Global Warming Credibility Gone By 2020'.

Glacier National Park is replacing signs that predicted its glaciers would be gone by 2020

Yes, but the folks responsible for putting up the signs in 2010 have already cashed the donation checks and political capital. Now they will work on the next decade with vague predictions and blaming AGW anyway.