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Not good enough! so look, both sides do it to one another. i think on a good news front, increased hours worked, increased earnings, both good. but we are at a 63.7% participation rate. that is a record low. >> in the work force. >> right. it's a record 1.2 million people fell out of the work force just last month. what does this do for us long-term and for all the programs we want to pay for, whether it will be moon colonies under newt gingrich or green jobs under president obama or whoever it might be, if you have that many people falling out of the work force and not participating -- >> thi...

Another 8 million have been forced to take only part-time work. but want a full-time job. if those people were counted, officials say the latest rate of 8.3% would be much higher at 15.1%. >> it's really almost double the official unemployment rate. that gives awe much better or much realistic picture of the labor market. >> there is a broader number that troubles others. there are 6 million fewer jobs than at the beginning of the recession. >> fewer americans are actually participating in work force in an almost 28 years. labor force participation rate at 63.7% hasn't been this low since marc...

Another 8 million have been forced to take only part-time work. but want a full-time job. if those people were counted, officials say the latest rate of 8.3% would be much higher at 15.1%. >> it's really almost double the official unemployment rate. that gives awe much better or much realistic picture of the labor market. >> there is a broader number that troubles others. there are 6 million fewer jobs than at the beginning of the recession. >> fewer americans are actually participating in work force in an almost 28 years. labor force participation rate at 63.7% hasn't been this low since marc...

Right? they just don't feel good about it. >> the mood is down dramatically to levels not seen since 1980. you have to go back to the carter administration to see numbers this bad. 54.9 percent was the index, expected to be 63.7 percent, down for three straight months. people are not feeling great. what is interesting, on the one hand you have retail sales were fantastic, and that is measuring the last four weeks and the index measures the last four weeks. people did not like the volatility. >> thank you, gerri, catch her each day on the fox business network, the fastest growing network on tel...