Tucker: Americans are being paid to stay at home

good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight happy friday so what would happen if you gave a group of angry ignorant ideologues the same people who tell you that all lives don't matter what would happen if you gave them the keys to the u.s economy we don't need to guess about that we are finding out now because all around us there are signs that under this white house things are getting dangerously flaky in our economy here's one example the official government jobs numbers came out today unemployment is up far higher than expected close to 14 million americans say they want to work but cannot find a job that's an old story here's the new twist at the very moment that unemployment is rising fewer people are working american businesses say they can't find employees and it's obvious they can't go to the nearest strip mall and count the help wanted signs on the doors they're everywhere restaurants are closing because they can't find anyone to hire so our manufacturing plants that means america now has far too many workers but simultaneously far too few workers how can that be another question what happened to all the consumer products many of the things that you buy and need to buy are more expensive than they've ever been inflation is real it's galloping yet at the same time a lot of products seem to have gone missing completely the united states is currently experiencing shortages of chicken generators roofing materials lumber ketchup bicycles diapers ammunition automobiles plastics appliances chlorine pork propane tanks among many other things keep in mind this is peacetime we haven't mobilized for a foreign war yet we're now getting reports that we should brace for a gas shortage this summer why is this all happening well because things are so great in the economy that's what they're telling us on television this week there were more signs that the u.s economy is roaring back to life and they come as president biden is proposing trillions of dollars in new government spending it's really good news this week we found out that in the first quarter of this year the economy expanded at a 6.4 annualized rate that is huge could we see a great economy and a lousy return for the stock market uh becky i think the good news for everybody is that we're actually probably going to see both that we're going to continue to see a strong economy and we also are set up actually for some great equity market returns here there's an awful lot of lying in financial journalism no one ever says that but it's self-evident but they're telling us things are great why they're telling us that well because the stock market is way way up could it be overvalued i don't know take a look at those price to earnings ratios can they continue is that reality based should we be worried oh just relax but be sure to stock up on gasoline and diapers if you can we could be looking at soviet grocery shelves soon and whatever you do keep ignoring the inflation right in front of you oil prices for example they've risen 12 percent in a single month steel prices have tripled since last year chicken breast prices have doubled just since biden became president the price of eggs has increased by almost 5 percent major appliances up almost 15. ground beef and fresh fruits both up almost 6 percent the median sales price of existing homes has shot up by 16 percent and then there's lumber have you noticed lumber since last year the price of dimensional lumber has gone up by almost 300 percent 1 000 board feet that'll cost you 1 359 that price has never been higher according to the national association of home builders the cost of building materials adds more than 35 000 to the price of an average new home why is this happening well there's too much cash in the system that's a big reason for it when you print too much fake money the value of that money declines people start to figure out that it's not real and you get inflation that's always true no one disputes it the white house just doesn't care here's the new treasury secretary telling you not to worry about inflation because it's not a concern and i think the economy is going to get back on track i don't anticipate that inflation is going to be a problem but it is something that we're watching very carefully i don't think there's going to be an inflationary problem you know president biden has also proposed further substantial spending packages we would love to see enacted into law oh so just keep spending trillions of made up dollars to pay off your political constituencies because there won't be an inflationary problem right thanks genius how'd you get that job anyway they're hoping you won't notice you can't afford anything anymore you'll be too distracted by the fact that you don't have electricity the sacramento bee reported a few days ago that california energy officials quote can't promise they'll be able to keep the lights on this summer oh no lights in your home not a big deal just use candles and dig a pit latrine meanwhile in texas which is supposed to be sane they always say they are the dallas morning news is telling us that quote inefficient homes are to blame for the state's massive power outages this winter so it was your fault the power went out you had the wrong kind of house it definitely was not the fault of stupid and corrupt renewable energy schemes the ones that were forced the entire state to rely on windmills which froze when it got cold no it wasn't their fault it was your fault your house did it so get a better house too bad lumber's so expensive but the question is even if you can afford the lumber who's going to do the construction as we said in the middle of rising unemployment somehow we don't have enough workers there is they keep telling us in washington a labor shortage and that presumably is why we need to open the borders and let in millions of new foreign workers immediately so what is going on here probably a lot of things it's a huge country and a pretty complicated country but here's one reason behind what we're seeing the government is paying people to stay home thanks to joe biden's two trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill everything by the way done under the justification of the pandemic some people in this country are getting checks for up to seven hundred dollars a month not to work this is true across the country even in louisiana and that's the state with the lowest weekly unemployment benefits you can still make almost 500 bucks a week for not working for a 40-hour work week that works out to about 12 bucks an hour a little more actually that's above the minimum wage in the states with the highest unemployment assistance you could be making close to twenty dollars an hour for not working we're not attacking anyone or calling anyone lazy it's pretty easy to see why people aren't working they're not nuts they're rational so no wonder the economy is sputtering in bizarre ways america created just 266 000 jobs last month that's in a nation of 350 million people economists the people who predict these things very often incorrectly we're expecting four times that number the results the unemployment numbers were so shockingly bad that even cnbc didn't believe them at first they did double check those numbers on the air it looks like 266 000. it looks like it was a big disappointment at 266. but maybe i have that wrong let me double check the bureau website here uh one second uh yes 266 is correct unemployment change little change is 6.1 so there's not to restate an actual shortage of american workers citizens who could fill jobs they're just telling you that so they can justify opening the borders and changing the electorate so they never lose another election and no one ever takes their power away but that's not true what is true once again is that the government is paying people more not to work than to work and so why would they work would you the question is what do you do if you're an employer and at some point when we devalue the currency so completely that printing more dollars won't help we're going to need actual employers in this country and what did they do well a reporter called nate doherty at the pittsburgh business times looked into this question he talked to businesses around pittsburgh that had managed to hire people how did they do what was their secret well they just had to double the wages a place called clayvon's ice cream power been around since 1923 hiked its starting wage from 7.25 to 15 bucks an hour they more than doubled it a nearby sports bar now guarantees waiters and bartenders 20 bucks an hour that's happening in a ton of places around the country and big companies needless to say can compete more effectively because they have more money a burger king in washington pennsylvania is offering a 1500 bonus to new workers a mcdonald's in florida is giving people 50 bucks just for showing up to a job interview a company called sisu energy in texas is offering new truck drivers 14 000 a week walmart the largest private employer in the united states has raised wages for nearly half a million employees in february the company's average wage is now over 15 bucks an hour in some ways that is good news you want to see people make more of course you want dollars to be worth more and now they're worth less but there are effects of this that we could be living with for a long time there are millions of small businesses that cannot afford to compete they're not walmart and many of them will go under because of the pressure applied by the u.s government on the labor market and when those small businesses do go under what will be left amazon hey sean hannity here hey click here to subscribe to fox news youtube page and catch our hottest interviews and most compelling analysis you will not get it anywhere else

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Length: 10min 14sec (614 seconds)

Published: Fri May 07 2021

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