55 ? : plan on jobblin along

  after 
more then
 a half  century
 of steady decline

  right 
in the klintox
          high 90's
 male 
jobblehood 
after 55 

like  old dixie
        
         started to rise again  ......


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nyt:


" The steepest turnaround 
in labor participation 
has occurred among older men.....

 The percentage of men 
55 to 64 years old 
in the work force 
fell steadily 
from

 87 percent 
in 1950 

to 

under
 65 percent
 in 1994

 Then it began inching back up

 reaching 
69 percent 
last year"
 
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how 'bout the officially
                       male oldsters?

 

nyt:


" Among men 65 and older
 the participation rate
 rose
 from 

15 percent
 in 1994 

to
 19 percent 
         last year 

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and 
 the gals?

nyt:
 
"the rate 
of participation
 for women over 55
  
 after declining 
from 

around 
       26 percent
          in the late 1960's 

to 

nearly
         21 percent
             in the mid-1980's,

 has rebounded
 over 
the last two decades,
 to 31 percent.

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 job returners 
         and retainers

          why ?

why else ya fool 

cause they just 
          fuckin love 
                 to get exploited 
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besides
 
  life gets to be  
           too long
                     otherwise 
 
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