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Old 07-09-2023, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by melpetezrinski View Post
I like how you prefaced your opinion on "potential workforce". It gives you an out when someone says, have you seen the HISTORICALLY LOW unemployment rate.
The employment rate is an important stat, equally important is the participation rate that has not recovered from covid injected money add to that the baby boomers leaving the workforce, fewer workers , less productivity, higher proportional taking out than putting in, the SS welfare system being the third rail politically and believe it or not there is a limit on just how much debt governments can take on without the system breaking down , just as there is a limit on how much you tax the productive to support the less productive, how will this all pan out? ancient Chinese cruse " May you live in interesting times"