Simply put, there are more Americans today than ever before in American history. In 2016 the labor force participation rate for Americans ages 25 to 54 hovered around 81 percent, but it peaked in 1997 at 84 percent. Pence’s claim that there are more Americans working today than ever before in American history might go down as one of the more ridiculous economic claims made by the administration. That’s because there are more Americans today than ever before. And both the labor force participation rate and the employment-to-population rate show there is still room for improvement following the Great Recession.

Source: Washington Post November 28, 2017 07:52 UTC