Part of theansweris that the proportion of working-age men actually in work is lower than it was ten or 20 years ago, thanks to a drop in the demand for unskilled labour.
Economic development programs are duplicated within USAD, Commerce, HUD and SBA. The ethanol program is split between the EPA and Treasury, food assistance is carried out in eighteen duplicative programs, eight agencies supervise programs for the homeless, and ten agencies answer for programs for teacher quality.