And in polling, voters showed that 75% of voters said they thought it was a good idea. But setting aside the budgetary implications, work requirements have many other positive downstream effects for American society as a nation. Labor force participation, that is those who are either gainfully employed or actively searching for a job, has been on the decline among working age men for decades now. And of course, Covid was a huge body blow on the workforce participation rates. Already between 1960 and 2023, the fraction of working age men who are out of the labor force increased from about 3% to a whopping 11%. (07:11–07:26)
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Asserts that labor force participation among working-age men has been declining for decades.
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