July 28, 2004

SHOCKING LABOR NUMBERS VIA PARAPUNDIT. Quotable:
"One of every four black men [between the ages of 20 to 64] was idle all year-round .. [including] forty-four percent of black men with no high school diploma [who] were idle year-round ..".
And this:
The number of new immigrants who joined the labor force [represented] 60 to 62 percent of labor force growth. Between 2000 and April 2004, the total number of new foreign-born workers who were employed was 2.1 million. During that same period, employment of native-born workers and established foreign immigrants declined by 1.3 million, due to higher unemployment and reduced labor force participation.
Posted by Greg Ransom