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Restaurant owners blast 'out of touch' Biden for townhall remarks President told employer suffering labor shortage he should raise wages
wnd.com ^ | 7/22/2021 | Art Moore

Posted on 07/24/2021 9:32:58 AM PDT by rktman

Angry employers fired back at President Biden for telling a restaurant owner Wednesday night at a CNN townhall that he should raise wages to address the labor shortage.

Biden seemed to acknowledge the impact of federal unemployment benefits on the shortage, but he told the restaurant owner, John Lanni, that people aren't working in restaurants because they're considering "other opportunities" for employment.

Restaurant owners on Thursday didn't like Biden's reponse, contending it showed how little he understands about running a business and the country's labor crisis, DailyMail.com reported.

Twenty-six states have ended the federal benefits and already have seen a rise in employment. But more than 12 million people are claiming unemployment across the nation compared to 5.8 million in 2019.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; econ101; economy; gaffe; labor; wages
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I saw the clip from the townhall the other night. Looked like the guy was biting his tongue to keep from going Sam Kinison and screaing "DUMBASS" at (p)resident LIEden.
1 posted on 07/24/2021 9:32:58 AM PDT by rktman
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Ignorant remarks coming from a braindead moron who never did an honest days work in his life


2 posted on 07/24/2021 9:39:30 AM PDT by SAMWolf (Western civilization is almost done.)
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Biden is one of those idiots that believe a business owners only biggest worry is “ What am I going to do with all this money I make”.


3 posted on 07/24/2021 9:48:02 AM PDT by Iceclimber58
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Hey! Stupid! If you want to increase the supply of labor, try ending special unemployment benefits and cash payments. All you’re doing is pushing the cost of such BS onto our children. Time for the Participation Trophy crowd to crawl out of their parents’ basement and start working for a living.


4 posted on 07/24/2021 9:49:20 AM PDT by econjack
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Butt, butt, butt pedo joe said he saw no evidence that generous unemployment benefits was an issue............. SMDH!


5 posted on 07/24/2021 9:53:52 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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wasn’t Biden the one who advised a group being laid off to just learn code? the last Dem to understand Econ was Bill Clinton.


6 posted on 07/24/2021 9:55:10 AM PDT by avital2
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He’s right, but first you have to remove the excessive taxes, regulation, and lawlessness, and enforce legitimate contracts. Then the free market can operate and prices/wages will self regulate.

He’s not going to do any of that.


7 posted on 07/24/2021 9:55:59 AM PDT by Born to Conserve
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To: avital2

Apparently now some coders are going to have to learn how to mine coal. Who saw that coming?


8 posted on 07/24/2021 10:01:09 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

WATCH: Joe Biden Blunders during townhall
https://rumble.com/vk9olb-joe-biden-blunders-during-townhall.html?mref=kkgl3&mc=3chow


9 posted on 07/24/2021 10:01:37 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: rktman

Biden is out of touch with reality.


10 posted on 07/24/2021 10:04:02 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Identify As Vaccinated)
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To: avital2

The only thing BJ understood was gravity.

What goes up must come…


11 posted on 07/24/2021 10:05:04 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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What the restaurant owners should have said...
We all don't have our grown children traveling about the world collecting foreign payoffs and sending us half, as Joe (the Big Guy) Biden does.
12 posted on 07/24/2021 10:08:49 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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Is that video doctored?

What a maroon!


13 posted on 07/24/2021 10:08:52 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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contending it showed how little he understands about running a business


Just imagine, if we had a president who had run businesses, who understood how to run a business, who understood how the economy functions. Any chance such an individual could become president????


14 posted on 07/24/2021 10:09:11 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I’m sure Biden hasn’t said anything on his own for at least a year - but wages are too low and need to rise to meet the market.

Labor has not had an inflation-adjusted wage since the1970s and that has caused many avoidable problems.

People who want to dine out need to pay the workers what the market requires. That’s all there is to it.


15 posted on 07/24/2021 10:10:08 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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Nope not doctored

Man on the man and aliens LOL


16 posted on 07/24/2021 10:12:30 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: rktman

I’m surprised he didn’t tell he father to send his son to art school.


17 posted on 07/24/2021 10:12:44 AM PDT by ladyjane
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Biden town hall meeting?

This is what the media was peddling.

This is the view from the back of the auditorium.

What the Biden CNN town hall looks like from the back of the auditorium -- Ohio 7/21/21

18 posted on 07/24/2021 10:13:05 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Laslo Fripp

Nope. Saw some clips at other locations. Yeah, pretty much in decline as far as cognitive abilities. RAPID decline.


19 posted on 07/24/2021 10:15:18 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Jim Noble

People who want to dine out need to pay the workers what the market requires. That’s all there is to it.


you are leaving out the artificial wages uncle sam is paying.

when there are jobs available there is NO reason to pay people not to work.


20 posted on 07/24/2021 10:15:50 AM PDT by cableguymn (We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said the story was false!)
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