Getting men back to work | WHAT IF?

In 2017, seven million American men are outside of the labor force. What has caused the labor force participation rate to drop, and how can it be fixed? AEI's Robert Doar, Harry Holzer of the Brookings Institution, and Brent Orrell from ICF International discuss the reasons for American male joblessness and how the US can get men back to work, offering their unique perspectives as a conservative, a liberal, and a moderate.

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[wanderer]

"Where are we going to get these workers?"

Why not ask women? They can do anything a man can do, except backwards and wearing heels.

[ANNAMAN]

How about we get women to contribute more, why are we never discussing the merits of having women working gruelling jobs that require serious fortitude to perform, I'm sure it'd be an impowereing experience.

[wealldieanyway]

What's the problem? From what I've read over the years, women wanted to make up at least 60 - 70% of the work force. The question is... why are so many men still working?

[CopiousDoinksLLC]

I love this how video addresses all the symptoms of this 'epidemic' (ie. Opioid addiction, lack of work ethic, children without access to fathers) but doesn't address any of the actual causes.

Did you stop to think that maybe there's a key underlying pathogen to all of these symptoms and that is that we, as a society, fail to appreciate and value men on a fundamental level? I mean, come on, AEI, you can't afford to be this naive.

Do you really think the decades of man-bashing in the media didn't have an effect? Do you really think men haven't noticed all those commercials about how useless they are? Do you really think men haven't noticed the increased expectations in order to get a sexual partner (which, by your own admission, greatly affects work ethic)? Do you really think the fact that young boys are going their entire childhoods without a single decent male role model _isn't_ affecting their emotional development?

But hey, that's not your area of expertise, right? You just focus on the jobs. That's all you get paid for, right?

[aleterra]

Don't get married! Don't have kids! Work only for yourself guys! Learn coding, learn computer networks, and don't waste money on women, or maybe move to another country. Become tax and finance literate!

[Kmuggle]

More training ... more education ... been doing it for years ... hasn't made a dent.

[iskaksen]

"employers like paid apprenticeship"
Workers are incentivized to beg to get to work for free just to get a job in order to get ahead of all the other people looking for work.
Something isn't right here

[JoacinoDaGona]

Reindustrialize the heartland, export goods not jobs!

Subsidizing the low-wage sectors and killing social programs only hides the problem.

[billyjavier]

Who would want to do the dirty jobs? Society mocks the hardworker.

[continuouswave]

Time to learn how to lift with your legs sweat heart. You go girl!

[tingveson]

I've completely aged out of the system waiting (not) for our economy to start producing again, instead of simply consuming. I am a 35 year tool and die maker. I watched in horror as the global elites exported entire industries offshore and reduced our money multiplpliers from 1.85 to -1.xx, what this means boys and girls is that you are a cash cow with negative economic value; every $1 you spend on products goes directly overseas, sucking the life out if our US economy.

[brianriley]

Take the first 2 mins and replace the word "men" with "women".... and see what responses you get.

[TheToledoTrumpton]

This is going to be an increasing economic problem the more equal we get.

A woman who is out of work, or unemployable, can find a husband and have a traditional family life.  Obviously together as a partnership they may not have the money a two-income family would have, but they can remain above the poverty line and be relatively happy.  You might controversially claim, that the woman's desperation, and willingness to please a man who will support her, might be a huge advantage to her finding a husband.  A women's attractiveness to men is almost perfectly suited to her needs.

Due to Hypergamy the same is not true of men.  No woman will marry a loser, no matter how willing he is to have sex with her, or how pretty he is.  So society must support these men, or kill them.  Even if society supports them, they most likely will not find a wife, or achieve anything close to what men consider success, so they have a very high chance of becoming criminals and rapists, in an effort to be "successful", depending on how civilized you think men are.  A man's attractiveness to women, is perfectly unsuited to his needs.

I think as the destructive nature of this model will make itself apparent to women and even feminists. Young women leaving school today are quickly learning to hate their feminist teachers.  The harsh realities of having to repay their vast education debt, and work 40-60 hours a week for 5-10 years, until they can afford a family, are hitting them.  Particularly as most work is boring, stressful, very competitive and not satisfying.  They are quickly realizing that competition for employed, desirable men is intense, and a seller's market.  Their dreams of "Having it all" are just dreams.  An ambitious girl, is a girl most likely to end up with nothing.

I don't know what the conclusion will be, but I suspect that young women will start to prioritize their goals in life, and realize that spending 4 years in University, working up a lifetime debt and then reducing the number of men they find attractive, and to whom they are attractive,  by 90% is furthering none of them.

[sacreed]

Reduce income tax, reduce/dissolve alimony (You are giving a financial incentive for divorce- lawyers love it and so does the government).

[Fanboy]

In work benefits exist as a subsidy to corporate interests and encourages low pay. Sanctions on unemployment benefits breeds corruption, sanction quotas, and 'work programmes' that provide free labour to corporate interests. We suffer both of these in the UK, so speaking from experience. Also, this video emphasises child support, providing, etc. You are not a resource. Live your own life men. If you have to work, work only as much as you need to get by. If your country has failed you then stay off the system, you owe it nothing.

[XY-dcyp]

how about talking about how to improve their lives, and not how to try to get them back for the sake of enslavement, putting these men first and the rest will follow... but this video sounds like prioritizing industry and labour over actual human lives

[davidlee]

If immigration is cut, wages will rise, hiring of American men will increase, and corporations will invest more in on-the-job training and productivity-boosting technology. Mass immigration is the cause of wage and productivity stagnation.

[saimostlyunfiltered]

What they don't seem to understand is the reason that people who are getting welfare have no jobs is because the second they do have a job, the welfare is cut so badly that they are worse off than they were on welfare. Instead of punishing people who don't get jobs while on welfare, remove the punishments to people who do get jobs while on welfare.

[josipstaba]

SPEAKING FROM YEARS OF EXPERIENCE::NEVER EVER HIRE OR MENTOR OR PROMOTE ANY WOMEN!!! ALWAYS HIRE AND MENTOR AND SUPPORT AND PROMOTE OTHER MEN AND YOUR COMPANY WILL PROGRESS AND FLOURISH.

[princecharming]

I know one thing, I'm not doing it. So good luck sending a girl up there.