Between 1960 and 2023, the fraction of working age men who were out of the labor force increased from about 3% to 11%, 3% to 11% and By 2024, that [fraction of working-age men out of the labor force] had increased to 22%. And that's a nearly 700% increase over the last six and a half decades. Madam President, a society with that large number of prime age workers sitting at home receiving government benefits is not the sign of a healthy and flourishing society. (11:28–11:33)
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Asserts a projected increase in non-participation in the labor force among working-age men by 2024.
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