Doescher refuses to be ‘black-pilled’ into thinking job market is struggling

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said she’s not buying into the concern of men leaving the labor force at record highs.“There are a lot of areas of the economy that are not under control, cost of living first and foremost, you know, inflation, interest rates,” Doescher said on One America News on Saturday. “The job market is not one of them. I think this is one where people want to find a political problem.” Doescher said that President Donald Trump has kept the unemployment rate “pretty tight” at 4.1%, a historically low number. It is the labor participation rate that has sparked some interest, but Doescher said the “prime age workers” were doing fine. It is the younger generation that may cause issues. “You have the younger end, those Gen Z kids, who are in that 16 to 25 age range, where you do have too many of those younger folks who are neither in school nor working,” Doescher said. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the labor force participation rate was estimated at 56.3% for males ages 16-24. The age range above 25-54 increases to 89.4%, a difference of more than 33%. Part of the decrease in labor force participation could also be a result of immigration efforts as Immigration Customs and Enforcement agents deport “criminals” and “welfare queens,” Doesher said. Even older adults weren’t part of the problem as they left the workforce on a more positive note, she added.“They aren’t unemployed, a lot of them have made a killing in the stock market and realized they can retire early,” Doescher said.CHILDCARE SUBSIDIES ARE WORK SUBSIDIES — FOR BETTER AND WORSENot all job sectors have an equal distribution between genders, Doescher said. Healthcare was among the sectors with the fourth-highest job gains, a broad sector that has always had a larger female workforce, Doescher added.“I refuse to be black-pilled on the labor market, and I don’t think it’s a bad thing that President Trump is celebrating these gains,” Doescher said. “Couple a great labor force with the AI revolution and gearing up our productivity, and we will see higher growth, and that’s what gets us out of the affordability crisis.”