JASON RANTZ, SEATTLE RADIO
TALK SHOW HOST.
GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO YOU
JASON AND EVERYONE IS WELL FOR
THE U.S. ECONOMY ADDED JUST
190,000 JOBS LAST MONTH, WELL
SHORT OF THE 500,000 ECONOMISTS
EXPECTED BUT INFLATION IS
SURGING THROUGH THE RISING COST
OF EVERYDAY GOODS IS CAUSING
AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS AN
ADDITIONAL $175 A MONTH AND IT
IS CRUSHING SMALL BUSINESSES.
GAS PRICES ARE THE HIGHEST IN
SEVEN YEARS.
THE BIDEN ECONOMY ISN’T LOOKING
TOO GOOD FOR THE AVERAGE
AMERICAN RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE
WAITING TO HEAR WHAT THE
PRESIDENT HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT.
JASON, I LIKE TO START WITH YOU
ABOUT THIS.
IN PART, WANT TO GET TO THE
SPECIFIC POINT THAT THE LACK OF
HIRING IS NOT COMING FROM
BUSINESSES.
EMPLOYERS ARE EAGER TO HIRE, WE
SEE HIRED SIGNS LITTER
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ON
STOREFRONTS BUT THERE ARE NEARLY
11 MILLION UNFILLED JOBS.
FOR EXAMPLE, BY THE END OF THIS
JULY, IT IS NOT FOR LACK OF
OPTIONS.
WITH THE ISSUE HERE?
>> Jason: THERE’S NO SHORTAGE
OF WORKERS HERE, THEY’RE JUST
NOT GOING TO WORK.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A 61% LABOR
PARTICIPATION RATE COME HERE TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE IS THAT COMING
FROM?
IT’S LIKELY COMING FROM THE
EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
THAT LASTED THROUGH LAST MONTH
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS
BELIEF THAT THEY’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO GET MORE ONCE THEY
GET A PLAN PASSED IN D.C.
YOU’VE GOT CITIES LIKE SEATTLE
THAT HAVE PUSHED THROUGH AN
EVICTION MORATORIUM THROUGH
JANUARY THE 15TH OF NEXT YEAR,
SO WHAT YOU HAVE IS AN
ADMINISTRATION THAT’S
EFFECTIVELY CREATING A SENSE OF
ENTITLEMENT AND NOT YET GIVING A
GOOD ENOUGH REASON WHY WE SHOULD
BE GETTING BACK TO WORK AND
BUILDING BACK A BETTER, THEY
SHOULD JUST CHANGE IT, THOUGH
BUILD BACK A BETTER AT SOME
POINT IN THE FUTURE ARE SORT OF
TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND IT
DOESN’T HELP YOU ARE FIRING
PEOPLE OVER A VACCINE MANDATE
WHERE PEOPLE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR
WORK BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO
BE FORCED INTO THIS VACCINE
MANDATE.
I THINK ALL OF THAT IS PLAYING A
ROLE HERE.
>> Emily: THAT’S RIGHT, AND IS
OVERGENERALIZED ONE SIZE FITS
ALL SOLUTION THAT COUNTIES ARE
IMPLEMENTING LIKE THE EVICTION
MORATORIUM YOU DISCUSSED IGNORES
THE FACT THAT ALL THE ECONOMICS
ARE INTERRELATED, THAT
EVERYTHING AFFECTS SOMETHING
ELSE AND THAT THERE’S NOT SOME
TYPE OF TREMENDOUS WEALTH GAP
BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS
ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN THE ECONOMY TO
WITHSTAND SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
JASON BROUGHT UP VACCINE
MANDATES AND THAT IS A CRITICAL
NEXUS POINT THAT IS LEADING TO
WORKERS LEAVING THEIR JOBS OR OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO FIND ANYONE
THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE THAT
MANDATE.
>> Tomi: HOW RIDICULOUS WHEN
YOU HAVE AMERICANS THAT WANT TO
WORK, THAT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO
SOCIETY, THAT WANT TO HAVE A
SENSE OF PURPOSE AND ACHIEVEMENT
AND HOW THEY HAVE TO DECIDE
BETWEEN A VACCINE THEY MAY NOT
WANT AN UNEMPLOYMENT WHICH IS
ENTIRELY RIDICULOUS.
THE GOVERNMENT CREATED THIS
PROBLEM.
LET’S GO BACK TWO YEARS AGO WHEN
WE HAVE THE FORCE CLOSURES AND
MARKDOWNS, THE GOVERNMENT
DEEMING WHO AND WHAT WAS
ESSENTIAL AND WHO AND WHAT WAS
NOT.
THEY HURT SO MANY SMALL
BUSINESSES.
THEY HURT SO MANY AMERICANS THAT
WERE REALLY STRUGGLING TO BE
ABLE TO GO TO WORK IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
MANY WANTED TO BUT THEY WERE
TOLD FOR THE GREATER GOOD THAT
THEY NEEDED TO STAY SAFER AT
HOME AND THEN TRANSITION INTO
THE RE-OPENINGS WITH THE
INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
AND SO MANY AMERICANS THAT
BECAME DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT.
THAT SAFETY NET THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE IN PLATE BECAME A
HAMMOCK AND SO MANY GOT SO
COMFORTABLE AND THAT HAMMOCK
THAT THEY DIDN’T WANT TO RETURN
TO WORK.
I KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU
WERE ALL IN DIFFERENT PLACES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT
EVERYWHERE I LIVE AND TRAVEL,
RESTAURANTS HAVE TO CLOSE
SECTIONS BECAUSE THEY CAN’T GET
THEIR WAITERS AND WAITRESSES TO
COME TO WORK.
THEY’VE GOT EXTENDED WAIT TIMES,
YOU SEE THIS EVERYWHERE YOU GO
BUT GOVERNMENT CREATED THIS
PROBLEM AND NOW GOVERNMENT
THINKS THEY’RE GOING TO STEP IN
AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
MAYBE THEY SHOULD LET THE
PRIVATE SECTOR SOLVE THAT
PROBLEM, LIFT THE MANDATES, CUT
OFF THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO
THOSE WHO SIMPLY DON’T WANT TO
WORK AND LET’S GET AMERICA BACK
TO BEING THE FIRST AND GREAT
AGAIN.
>> Emily: I LOVED HOW YOU
PHRASE THAT AS A HAMMOCK BECAUSE
THESE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS WERE
CREATED AS SCAFFOLDING TO CATCH
THE ORDINARY AMERICAN LABOR SO
THEY DIDN’T BOUGHT THEM OUT BUT
THEY BECAME INSTEAD A HAMMOCK ON
WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
RESTING.
YOU HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS LAST
HOUR ABOUT THIS TOPIC.
WHAT WERE YOUR KEY TAKEAWAYS?
>> Harris: THANK YOU.
STEVE FORBES REALLY BROUGHT THIS
HOME.
WE HAVE CREATED A SITUATION
WHERE WE CAN’T GET OUT QUICKLY.
IT IS THAT ANYTHING WE DO AT
THIS POINT IS GOING TO TAKE SOME
TIME AND THAT’S REALLY SAD
BECAUSE OUR ECONOMY IS REALLY
READY TO COOK.
IT’S HOT ALREADY, PUT SOME FOOD
IN THE PAN AND FRY IT UP.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS, WE CAN’T
SEEM TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE KEEP
TAKING SO MANY STEPS AWAY FROM
THAT POT THAT WE WANT TO FRY IN.
AND TO FURTHER THAT METAPHOR,
CAN’T EAT.
THERE’S NO FOOD THERE. IT GASOLINE GOING UP, HE SAID
IT GASOLINE GOING UP, HE SAID
EVEN IF YOU WERE TO SOMEHOW FILL
THIS MANDATE WITH VACCINES TO
THE POINT WHERE YOU WOULD EVEN
RETROACTIVE, YOU COULDN’T HIRE
PEOPLE FAST ENOUGH TO GET THE
ECONOMY BACK BUT I WANT TO POINT
OUT THAT WE ARE WELL OVER
35 MINUTES NOW WAITING FOR THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SPEAKING
AT 11:30 A.M. EASTERN.
EVERYBODY CAN RUN LATE BUT WHEN
YOU’VE GOT BAD NEWS AND YOU KNOW
THE MESSAGING AND HOW YOU HANDLE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, THIS IS NOT A DAY
THAT HE CAN AFFORD TO SAY I’M
NOT TAKING ANY QUESTIONS SO I
HOPE HE IS PREPARED BECAUSE IT
COULD GET REALLY UGLY IN TERMS
OF REPORTERS LEANING IN.
>> Emily: I’M NOT HOLDING MY
BREATH FOR THAT.
IF PAST HISTORY AS AN EXAMPLE,
ANY INDICATOR.
IN IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA THAT SEEMS TO
SHIFT AROUND WHAT EXACTLY IS THE
TRUTH BEHIND THESE STATISTICS,
THEY ARE SAYING THE UNEMPLOYMENT
RATE THAT IT FELL TO 4.8%, THEY
ARE SAYING THIS IS A GOOD THING
BUT IT’S COMING BECAUSE ALMOST
200,000 WORKERS HAVE LEFT THE
WORKFORCE FOR GOOD.
IN PART, MANY WOMEN WHO WERE
CARING FOR THEIR CHILDREN
BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE
CHILD CARE OR THE SCHOOLS ARE
BEING DRACONIAN AND FRAMING THEM
AS TERRORISTS, THERE’S A WHOLE
HOST OF REASONS BUT THE BOTTOM
LINE IS COMMUNICATIONS EMANATING
FROM THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF IS
TRYING TO SHIFT THAT.
>> Kayleigh: LET ME SHARE SOME
FACTS WITH YOU.
THIS JOBS REPORT WAS ABYSMAL
PAIR THAT IS A FACT.
THE CHIEF OF STAFF IS DELUSIONAL
AND SO IS JOE BIDEN.
HERE IS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND
MY HOUSE, HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO
SAY ABOUT THE JOBS NUMBERS,
TWEET NUMBER TWO FROM THE CHIEF
OF STAFF THIS MORNING AS
AMERICANS ARE SUFFERING, "THE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS NOW DOWN TO
4.8%.
WE’VE CREATED TWO TIMES MORE
JOBS UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN AND
HIS FIRST NINE MONTHS THAN ANY
ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY."
THIS COMES AFTER BIDEN MONTH
AFTER MONTH WE HAVE HAD THESE
APPALLING JOBS REPORTS AND WHAT
HAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES TOLD US?
MY PLAN IS WORKING.
IT IN MAY, MY PLAN IS WORKING.
IN JULY, MY PLAN IS WORKING.
THE SAME WORDS.
HIS REFRAIN IS MY PLAN IS
WORKING SO IS THAT WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
TODAY AS HE COMES OUT ON THIS
TRUMAN-LIKE SHOW HE HAS CREATED?
IS THAT WHAT A TELEPROMPTER IS
GOING TO SAY, THIS IS WORKING?
IT’S NOT WORKING.
WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE AT CNN
SAYING ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT
WHEN YOU HAVE THE HILL WAY BELOW
EXPECTATIONS.
WHEN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THE
LIBERAL MEDIA HAS WOKEN UP IN
SITE YOU’VE GOT A PROBLEM, GUESS
WHAT?
YOU GOT THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND
YOU’VE LOST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
ONLY 39% LIKE YOU’RE HANDLING
THE ECONOMY.
>> Emily: IS A RADIO HOST AT A
MEMBER OF THE MEDIA AS WE ALL
ARE, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING THERE
IN THE WEST COAST AND THESE
DEMOCRAT LED CITY’S?
ARE THEY PARROTING WHAT THE
PRESIDENT IS SAYING, WHICH IS A
FLAT OUT DENIAL OF REALITY AND A
SHARING US IN THE STATISTICS SAY
DIFFERENTLY?
>> Jason: YOU KEEP HEARING
FOLKS MAKING EXCUSES FOR WHAT’S
GOING ON.
SURROUNDED BY A LOT OF LIBERAL
PEOPLE WHO DON’T WANT TO ADMIT
ANY KIND OF FAULT AND WHAT WE
WILL LIKELY HEAR FROM
PRESIDENT BIDEN TODAY IS THE
SAME THING, STILL GOING REALLY,
REALLY WELL BUT IT’S COVID, NOT
ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE GETTING
VACCINATED AND THAT’S WHY PEOPLE
ARE GETTING BACK INTO THE
WORKFORCE EVEN THOUGH AGAIN WE
ARE FIRING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
GOING TO GET VACCINATED.
I THINK THAT’S HOW HE’S GOING TO
DO THIS, PIVOT TO SOMETHING HE
THINKS HE IS REALLY STRONG ON
WHICH HIS RESPONSE TO THE COVID
PANDEMIC AND OBVIOUSLY THE
POLLING IS NOT SHOWING HE’S
DOING AS WELL AS HE MIGHT THINGS
THAT ULTIMATELY, IT’S GOING TO
BE A FAILURE.
>> Emily: I THINK YOU WILL
ALSO PROBABLY POINTED NUMBERS AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC
WHICH ONLY BOLSTERS THE TRENDS
GOING UPWARDS TO PAT HIMSELF ON
THE BACK RATHER THAN THE REALITY