claim: "we have the lowest percentage of americans actually holding a job in 40 years."
author: jeff sessions
evidence_1: jul 16, 2015 ... and yet americans are actually trickling out of work at an alarming rate. the  country's labor force participation rate – which measures the share of americans  at least 16 years old who are either employed or actively looking for work –  dipped last month to a 38-year low, clocking in at an underwhelming 62.6 ...
evidence_2: may 27, 2015 ... the millennial generation is still lagging in the workplace, making up about 40  percent of the unemployed in the u.s., says anthony carnevale, ... will enter the  u.s. workforce with bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees just as america's  unemployment rate hits its lowest level in nearly seven years.
evidence_3: in 1940, 60 percent of employed black women worked as domestic servants;  today the number is down to 2.2 percent, while 60 percent hold white- collar jobs.  44 and 1. in 1958, 44 ... and thus it's news that more than 40 percent of african  americans now consider themselves members of the middle class. forty-two  percent ...
evidence_4: oct 2, 2015 ... record 94,610,000 americans not in labor force; participation rate lowest in  38 years ... labor force participation rate reached its lowest point in 38 years, with  62.4 percent of the u.s. population either holding a job or actively seeking one.  ..... what we now have is: "great new size - same low price!
evidence_5: jan 9, 2014 ... “this obama economy is holding people back. the workforce participation rate is  the lowest that it's been in 40 years.” –rep. lynn jenkins (r-kan.), news  conference, jan. 8. 2014. “what we need the president to do is to say the obama  economy is not working. the labor force participation rate is the worst ...