Monday, July 20, 2015

Why Are Men Leaving the Workforce?

NPR did a report on "Why Are Men Leaving The American Workforce?"

Apparently, there is a trend in America since the 1950s that men have been electing to not seek employment.  Let us look at some possible answers?
  1. In 1913 men lost the right to own property.  Why work for what you can't own?
  2. Men lost the right to speak for or represent their own families to the government.
  3. Debit financing was started.  Men, being the main bread winners suffered more bankruptcy.
  4. Women were protected by the government if their husbands went bankrupt. 
  5. The U. S. Constitution that championed families, was now made to attack men. 
  6. The 16th -27th Amendments weakened the man's role in the family.
  7. Emotions were forced into politics and business.  Logic was forced out.

Plainly "Welfare 'reform' threatens to leave dads behind".  If you where a little boy would you like to grow up to be Homer Simpson?


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