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Why do people prefer working to living on "benefits" workers pay for?
BLS has Civilian labor force participation rate going back to 1948. - http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000
Since 1948, on average
> Participation is 2.77% lower when Democrats run the Senate
> Participation is 6.03% lower when top rates are higher than today's
> Participation is 0.95% higher with Republican Presidents
> Participation is 3.99% lower when Democrats run the House
> Participation is 3.99% lower when Democrats are the majority in D.C.
To show they want more people interested in working, do Democrats recommend sending more Republicans to D.C.; do they think turning over the Senate will do the trick; do they advocate reducing top tax rates or do they NOT recommend anything that's worked before?
6 Answers
- andyLv 76 years ago
You also have to look at what has been going on with the economy and other factors. If you chose to look at only one data point while ignoring what else is going on then you can easily skew the results.
Both sides have been doing this for decades.
