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>> WHEN YOU’RE GETTING
UNEMPLOYMENT, THE WHOLE IDEA IS
THAT THAT’S TEMPORARY AND, YOU
KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING FOR
WORK TO BE ABLE TO GET OFF
UNEMPLOYMENT.
I THINK IT’S PRETTY CLEAR NOW WE
HAVE AN A ABUNDANCE OF JOB
OPENINGS.
>> PEOPLE CAN MAKE MORE MONEY
STAYING HOME THAN GOING BACK TO
WORK, AND YOU GET WHAT YOU
INCENT.
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS SHOULD BE
A SAFETY NET, NOT A CAREER
CHOICE.
PETE: RED STATE GOVERNORS ARE
PUSHING BACK OP ON FEDERAL
INCENTIVES TO NOT WORK WITH
SOUTH CAROLINA, MONTANA AND
FLORIDA ALL MAKING MOVES TO
ENCOURAGE EMPLOYEES TO RETURN TO
THE JOB.
HERE TO REACT ARE LISA McKLAIN
AND JASON SMITH.
CONGRESSWOMAN, LET ME START WITH
YOU.
IS THERE MORE THAT CAN BE DONE?
WE SEE THESE RED STATES DOING
IT.
IS THIS ANYTHING THAT SHOULD BE
DONE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO
INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO GO BACK TO
WORK?
>> I ACTUALLY THINK THERE’S LESS
THAT SHOULD BE DONE.
LET’S GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
I CAN SPEAK FOR MY DISTRICT.
WE HAVE BUSINESSES FROM
MANUFACTURING BUSINESSES THAT
ARE PAYING $20, 25 AN HOUR THAT
CAN’T FIND EMPLOYEES.
THEY CAN’T FIND PEOPLE TO WORK.
AND I THINK THIS IS ALL ABOUT
DEPENDENCY.
THE DEMOCRATS IN THESE BLUE
STATES ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE
DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT.
THAT’S NOT WHO WE ARE.
MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME AN HONEST
DAY’S WORK FOR AN HONEST DAY’S
PAY AND NOT TO BE GET ON HER, MY
SPOUSE AND ESPECIALLY NOT TO BE
DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT.
GET BACK TO WORK.
PETE: REPRESENTATIVE SMITH, JOE
BIDEN SAYS THERE’S NO MEASURE
IMPACT OF THIS EXTENSION OF
UNEMPLOYMENT.
WHAT SAY YOU?
>> LOOK AT JOE BIDEN’S JOBS
REPORT YESTERDAY.
THAT IS THE MEASURABLE IMPACT
THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF
DISASTER THESE EXTRA BENEFITS
HAVE.
WHEN YOU LOOK IN SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI WHERE I REPRESENT,
FOLKS AREN’T ABLE TO FIND
EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THEY’RE MAKING
OVER $20 AN HOUR TO STAY AT HOME
AND NOT WORK.
THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE.
THAT’S THE MEASURABLE IMPACT OF
HOW BIG OF A DISASTER THESE
BENEFITS HAVE BEEN.
PETE: FOR SURE.
YOU’VE BOTH RECENTLY BEEN TO THE
BORDER, BY THE WAY, TO GET A
FIRSTHAND LOOK.
HERE’S A HEADLINE "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" JUST PUBLISHED AS THEY
ASSESS WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE
BORDER.
THEY SAID OVERCROWDED BORDER
JAILS GIVE WAY TO PACKED MIGRANT
CHILD SHELTERS.
SO THEY’VE BEEN MOVED FROM ONE
PLACE TO ANOTHER.
REPRESENTATIVE McCLAIN, LET ME
START WITH YOU.
WHAT’D YOU SEE TOWN -- DOWN
THERE IN.
>> IT’S FAR FROM BEING FIXED.
IN FACT, THE POLICIES OF THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, I WOULD
ARGUE, ARE INCENTING MODERN DAY
SLAVERY.
WE HAVE TWO ISSUES AT THE
BORDER.
ONE IS THE DRUG CARTELS ARE
ACTUALLY RUNNING THE BORDER.
YOU DON’T GET ACROSS THE BORDER
UNLESS YOU PAY A CARTEL MINIMUM
OF $7,000 PER PERSON TO GET
ACROSS THE BORDER.
AND WHAT DOES THAT DO?
A FAMILY OF FOUR FROM GUATEMALA,
BRAZIL, RUSSIA, ROMANIA --
THAT’S WHAT WE SAW -- CROSSING
THE BORDER, HOW ARE THEY GOING
TO PAY THAT $7,000 PER PERSON
BACK?
THEY’RE NOT.
THEY’RE GOING TO BECOME
INDENTURED SERVANTS.
I REALLY DON’T THINK THAT’S WHAT
THE BINDEN ADMINISTRATION IS
TRYING TO INCENT.
HOWEVER, THAT IS WHAT’S
HAPPENING.
SECOND IS OUR BORDER PATROL
AGENTS ARE NOT CONTROLLING THE
BORDER BECAUSE THEY’RE
PROCESSING ALL THE ILLEGAL
PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING OTHERS
WHICH IS ALLOWING DRUGS,
FENTANYL, METH TO COME ACROSS
THE BORDER.
WE HAVE TWO CRISIS THAT THESE
POLICIES HAVE PUT IN PLACE.
PETE: REPRESENTATIVE SMITH, REAL
QUICK.
>> YOU KNOW, JOE BIDEN AND
WASHINGTON DEMOCRATS CAMPAIGNED
ON OPEN BORDERS.
WHAT WE SAW WAS NOT OPEN
BORDERS, WE SAW NO BORDERS.
YOU’RE LOOKING AT FOLKS THAT --
LISA AND I SAW FAMILIES FROM
ROMANIA CROSS THE SOUTHERN
BORDER.
THAT’S FROM EUROPE.
PEOPLE ARE NOT CROSSING JUST
FROM MEXICO A SOUTH AMERICA.
THEY’RE COMING FROM ASIA WITH,
EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST BECAUSE
THEY KNOW THESE POLICIES OF JOE
BIDEN ARE LETTING PEOPLE HAVE A
DE FACTO RESIDENCY.
IT’S UNACCEPTABLE, IT’S SCARY.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS PAY THE
CRIMINAL CARTEL, AND THEY CAN
CROSS THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
PETE: REPRESENTATIVE McCLAIN