Alien abduction? Where have the workers gone?:
Excerpt:
"It should be a bigger story. Missing from the U.S. labor market: more than 89 million people, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Some of those people are retired, students, or stay-at-home moms who chose not to enter the ranks of the employed, but included in that number are discouraged workers, a mysterious subset of the population almost undetectable to the statistician’s eye."
A related, and perhaps more important question, is: "Where have all the jobs gone?" To find out the answer to this question, check out Patrick Buchanan's great book, The Great Betrayal - How American Sovereignty and Social Justice are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy.
I think if you check out a couple of my posts on this great book you are going to want to read it for yourself:
Wal Mart Distances itself From Fire in Bangladesh
So, Mr. Obama, Tell Us: Where Did the Jobs Go?
