>>1094813To be unemployed you have to not have a job and be looking for a new job.
The labor force participation rate tells you who is and is not working.
A smaller percentage of people are working under obamas presidency.
A smaller percentage of people are looking for jobs.
That means people have gven up looking for jobs.
>>1094794Also there are FAR more young people that will most likley come into the workforce than older people (65+)
So youre point of people retiring is pretty much invalid