Unemployment in the United States is below 4%. The reduction in unemployment resulted partially from a fall in labor force participation, which hit a three-month low of 62.8%.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the participation-rate reduction to continue, due to an aging US population. Therefore, the overall unemployment rate is likely to fall further, perhaps reaching 3.7% in 2019, according to FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast.
Immigrants have historically filled the gap between aging, retiring Americans, and the work-age contributors. How does this fit with the republicans wanting to "ban" all immigrants??
Just kill off the workers who are retiring, and those "low contributors" by killing the ACA, Medicaid, Medicare. #Basta
@threadreaderapp please unroll
