>>Excellent question.
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>>https://www.npr.org/2016/09/06/492849471/an-economic-mystery-why-are-men-leaving-the-workforce
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>>As you can see, these people just don't want to work. The trend started during the 1960's. It blips with the economy, but the trend continues.
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>I think this goes back to what I was saying before too though -- the criminal convictions, economic despair that results in mental health issues with depression, which can lead to drug an alcohol abuse - and with the current political trend and widening economic disparity it's getting worse.

This trend began during the 1960's. Reagan was still in the movies.