Mother, mother, mother - there's too many of you crying.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

The other thing that should make the mind spin is Sebby's suggestions that we're in dire economic times.

White unemployment at the close of law year exceeded 5% in precisely three states - Mississippi, Kentucky and W.Virginia. Median income has been on a plateau, but that plateau is one of the highest in the world. Yes, income inequality is an issue: the gains in the economy have gone heavily to the Trumps, less so to the Sebby's, and not much at all to the folks anywhere below Sebby on the income scale. But find a country whose economy you'd like more than ours.

It is true, however, that participation in the workforce has been dropping. Because many people have stopped looking for work, this doesn't show up in the unemployment rate.

Also, many people have crappy service-industry jobs instead of the manly industrial man jobs of yesteryear. Which goes to your point about inequality.