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RUSH: David Brooks, column in the New York Times yesterday, “The Missing Fifth — In 1910, Henry Van Dyke wrote a book called ‘The Spirit of America,\u2019 which opened with this sentence: ‘The Spirit of America is best known in Europe by one of its qualities — energy.\u2019 This has always been true. Americans have always been known for their manic dynamism. Some condemned this ambition as a grubby scrambling after money. Others saw it in loftier terms. But energy has always been the country\u2019s saving feature. So Americans should be especially alert to signs that the country is becoming less vital and industrious. <\/p>\n

“One of those signs comes to us from the labor market. As my colleague David Leonhardt pointed out recently, in 1954, about 96 percent of American men between the ages of 25 and 54 worked. Today that number is around 80 percent. One-fifth of all men in their prime working ages are not getting up and going to work.” Okay, that\u2019s a great lede. My gosh, you give me another 500 words and I can win a Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Brooks does not understand what a great lede he had and he just goes off on some intellectual-size tangents here. Okay, the question is: “Why?” Why? Why is one-fifth of this country, men in their prime, not getting up and going to work? Back to his piece here… <\/p>\n

“According to figures from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the United States has a smaller share of prime age men in the work force than any other G-7 nation. The number of Americans on the permanent disability rolls, meanwhile, has steadily increased. Ten years ago, 5 million Americans collected a federal disability benefit. Now 8.2 million do. That costs taxpayers $115 billion a year, or about $1,500 per household. Government actuaries predict that the trust fund that pays for these benefits will run out of money within seven years,” as will everything else.<\/p>\n

“Part of the problem has to do with human capital. More American men lack the emotional and professional skills they would need to contribute.” Why? After every sentence, you ought to ask: “Why?” There is an answer to every one of these questions. “According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 35 percent of those without a high school diploma are out of the labor force, compared with less than 10 percent of those with a college degree.” That makes sense. “Part of the problem has to do with structural changes in the economy. Sectors like government, health care and leisure have been growing, generating jobs for college grads. <\/p>\n

“Sectors like manufacturing, agriculture and energy have been getting more productive, but they have not been generating more jobs. Instead, companies are using machines or foreign workers.” Now, this is where it starts getting really provocative, maybe even good, and he doesn\u2019t know it. “The result is this: There are probably more idle men now than at any time since the Great Depression, and this time the problem is mostly structural, not cyclical. These men will find it hard to attract spouses. Many will pick up habits that have a corrosive cultural influence on those around them. The country will not benefit from their potential abilities. <\/p>\n

“This is a big problem,” writes Mr. Brooks. “It can\u2019t be addressed through the sort of short-term Keynesian stimulus some on the left are still fantasizing about,” i.e. Obama. “It can\u2019t be solved by simply reducing the size of government, as some on the right imagine.” Oh, yes, it can! That would be a damn good start. What are those 20% living on, Mr. Brooks, and off of whom are they living? This delusion “will probably require a broad menu of policies…” See? Only government policy can fix this! Government made this problem, Mr. Brooks. Government created this problem.<\/p>\n

“It will probably require a broad menu of policies attacking the problem all at once: expanding community colleges and online learning…” Nope, nope. Mr. Brooks, what needs to change is what\u2019s being taught. The curriculum needs to change, Mr. Brooks. We are spending more than we ever have on education. There are more schools, junior colleges, vo-techs. We\u2019ve got more training centers, we learning centers, and they\u2019re not learning anything. They\u2019re being taught a bunch of gunk. They\u2019re being indoctrinated, propagandized, whatever. He then says we to change “the corporate tax code and labor market rules to stimulate investment; adopting German-style labor market practices like apprenticeship programs, wage subsidies and programs that extend benefits to the unemployed for six months as they start small businesses.” <\/p>\n

Uh, well, we\u2019re already up to 99 weeks! Wage subsidies? Yeah, welfare. This is the New York Times\u2019 conservative columnist. “Reinvigorating the missing fifth — bringing them back into the labor market and using their capabilities — will certainly require money.” See? Every one of these Beltway insiders, whatever the problem, the solution is more money. The problem is not enough money. We spent $14 trillion! We have targeted money at people like this — I mean focus targeted — since the 1960s, Mr. Brooks! That has made this problem, that has created this attitude. You couldn\u2019t write this piece if this were 1940, 1950. <\/p>\n

“If this were a smart country, we\u2019d be having a debate about how to shift money from programs that provide comfort and toward programs that spark reinvigoration. But, of course, that\u2019s not what is happening. Discretionary spending, which might be used to instigate dynamism, is declining. Health care spending, which mostly provides comfort to those beyond working years, is expanding. Attempts to take money from health care to open it up for other uses are being crushed,” and then he goes on to talk about how to cut back on government health care spending. <\/p>\n

The close to this thing is this: “Let\u2019s be clear about the effect of this mendacity: We\u2019re locking in the nation\u2019s wealth into the Medicare program and closing off any possibility that we might do something significant to reinvigorate the missing fifth. Next time you see a politician demagoguing Medicare, ask this: Should we be using our resources in the manner of a nation in decline or one still committed to stoking the energy of its people and continuing its rise?” The next time you talk to President Obama (and get past the crease in his pants), you need to ask him that very question, Mr. Brooks, because he is presiding happily over a nation in decline. <\/p>\n

That 20% is a success story for the American left, Mr. Brooks — and there used to be days years ago where you used to teach people this very thing. Back when you were genuinely a conservative, you understood this. You understood that that missing fifth is a political boon to a particular political party in this country. The simple, best solution to this is defund the Democrat Party. You defund the Democrat Party, that\u2019s step number one — and then you focus on long-term here, which is gonna be self-esteem reliance. At some point this “missing fifth” is going to have to do it themselves. Mr. Brooks, nothing\u2019s gonna change as long as that missing 20% continue to vote Democrat. As long as they continue to vote Democrat, the Democrats will be happy — and in fact be looking to make that 20% into 25%. That\u2019s Mr. Obama\u2019s purpose. That\u2019s right in front of your eyes and you refuse to see it \u2019cause of the crease of his pants or because you think he\u2019s smart guy or what have you. <\/p>\n

So, Mr. Brooks, a good column. <\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t know why, but it was a good piece. <\/p>\n

As far as it goes.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: By the way, you know, this missing fifth, stop and think about this. Twenty percent of men between 25 and 50 get up and do not go to work. That missing fifth helps the Democrat Party keep the unemployment numbers low, because they\u2019ve given up looking. They\u2019re not getting up and looking for work, either. They\u2019re out of the workforce. They, therefore, are not counted in the unemployment number that\u2019s reported every month, the U3 number. They actually help the Democrats keep the unemployment number down. How in the world can you have 20% of the 25 to 50 year old male workforce not working and only have an official unemployment rate of 9%? That 20%, The Missing Fifth — interesting Mr. Brooks thinks the future revolves around them, but regardless — they\u2019re part of the group simply dropped out of the workforce which is now to almost, what, half the adult population, 58.4% of the country now works? This is unsustainable, folks. <\/p>\nBREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: So you see, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Brooks, the problem is not government, it\u2019s government\u2019s using the wrong programs. But government is the solution to all these things. It\u2019s just using the wrong programs. And that, of course, is wrong. <\/p>\n

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