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

uhhh - might want ot check the numbers out that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incarceration_in_the_United_States

If you note the graphs on the right - you'll see where the climb really starts - which, as I said - is in the 80's, not the 60's.

That curve between 1980 and 2005 is nuts isn't it?