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Are looking for jobs is 63.6%. the lowest in 30 years. now, the president does note that the private sector has created more than 4 million jobs over the last 26 months. can he sell that as a recovery? >> he can sell that a very mediocre improvement from the situation he inherited. i try to think about what will he say in october and september with the real debates. if he can make the situation obamas first term and bushs second term he would have a chance. one thing every american knows is the ...

Those who either have jobs or are looking for jobs is 63.6%. the lowest in 30 years. now, the president does note that the private sector has created more than 4 million jobs over the last 26 months. can he sell that as a recovery? >> he can sell that a very mediocre improvement from the situation he inherited. i try to think about what will he say in october and september with the real debates. if he can make the situation obamas first term and bushs second term he would have a chance. one thin...

Dont blame mark sullivan. >> greta: thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: you have heard the jobs numbers. but now heres what have you not heard. the shrinking job market means trouble for social security and medicare -- big trouble. the noon hour of markets now on fox news network, a brand-new show. nice to see you, dennis. >> good to see you, greta. >> greta: all right. so while some people are all celebrating the 8.1%, a lot of people are saying -- put the brakes on why? >> unemployment is down ...

>> greta: thank you. >> thank you. >> greta: you have heard the jobs numbers. but now heres what have you not heard. the shrinking job market means trouble for social security and medicare -- big trouble. the noon hour of markets now on fox news network, a brand-new show. nice to see you, dennis. >> good to see you, greta. >> greta: all right. so while some people are all celebrating the 8.1%, a lot of people are saying -- put the brakes on why? >> unemployment is down from 9.1 to 8.1? but 80% o...

And my heart rate is about to explode. they take people whats called work age and a percent average those people who are actually working. it dropped this month down to 63.6%, the worst level since december of 1981. everybody who wants a job with on 63.6% have a job. i dont care what the administration says. the numbers come from the government. people are out of work. then you have the other number. 14.5%. and under employed. thats temporary work. it is extremely troubling. the employment pictu...

Todays report, bill was one very little sunshine in it. in fact so little, that 34,000 americans simply gave up and went home -- 342,000. we need to do a lot better than that. bill: the labor participation rate is dismal. of the percentage of americans eligible for working the number, 63.6% today. you would have to go back to 1981 before the number is that low. thats remarkable. >> this is a testament to of completely tailed set of -- failed set of labor market policies. this the lowest fraction...

>> lets move on. 115,000 jobs created last month, well below the consensus estimate. that is a terrible number. the unemployment rate did drop to 8.1% but only because fewer people are in the workforce. you have to be looking for a job to be counted. the labor force participation rate, 63.6%. all in all, a lousy number. this is not good politically. it is also maybe a call to action by the federal reserve to have to think about doing a third round of quantitative easing, qe-3. >> brian, this is ...

Last couple years that it looks like things are getting better and theres a dip for a while where things get worse and it picks up in the summer. maybe that will happen this time around. these numbers are bad. whats striking about the numbers is not just the low rate of job production, but the participation rate has gotten to be terrible. the highest since 1981. >> yeah, i believe the participation rate is 63.6%. that is as you said, the highest or the lowest since 1981. the other staggering sta...

Do you think tell take? lets go to the white board. heres the answer. tell take until 2025 to get back to the number of people that are working -- if we continue at the rate bam bottoms going. this is just unacceptable. we are 4 1/2 million jobs less than we were when the recession started. we are 61,000 fewer people, according to the bureau of labor statistics than when he took office. we have 8.1 million fewer people in the workforce altogether. 63.6% was americans are in the workforce. thats ...

Do you think tell take? lets go to the white board. heres the answer. tell take until 2025 to get back to the number of people that are working -- if we continue at the rate bam bottoms going. this is just unacceptable. we are 4 1/2 million jobs less than we were when the recession started. we are 61,000 fewer people, according f labor statistics than when he took office. we have 8.1 million fewer people in the workforce altogether. 63.6% was americans are in the workforce. thats the lowest numb...