{"id":507449,"date":"2021-05-14T10:20:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T14:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=507449"},"modified":"2021-05-14T10:20:30","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T14:20:30","slug":"doesnt-take-a-genius-to-figure-this-out-jim-jordan-says-joe-bidens-welfare-means-unfilled-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doesnt-take-a-genius-to-figure-this-out-jim-jordan-says-joe-bidens-welfare-means-unfilled-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Doesn\u2019t Take A Genius To Figure This Out\u2019: Jim Jordan Says Joe Biden\u2019s Welfare Means Unfilled Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdoesnt-take-a-genius-to-figure-this-out-jim-jordan-says-joe-bidens-welfare-means-unfilled-jobs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=507449&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan said Friday that President Joe Biden\u2019s multi-trillion dollar stimulus packages that pay workers to stay at home are the reason for so many unfilled jobs in America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven million jobs open and last month only 260 some thousand filled,\u201d Jordan told \u201cFox &#038; Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. economy produced just 266,000 jobs in April and is 8.2 million workers short of pre-lockdown levels, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/april-jobs-report-united-states-economy-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data<\/a> released March 7 by the Department of Labor. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/joe-biden-ron-johnson-wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: \u2018This Isn\u2019t Monopoly Money\u2019: Ron Johnson Calls Out Unnecessary Spending In Biden\u2019s Trillion-Dollar Packages)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jordan says he knows the reason why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t take a genius to figure this out. If you pay people not to work you shouldn\u2019t be surprised when you can\u2019t find workers,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman says those employers are willing to hire anyone but there are few takers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery single employer across our district and across our state and frankly around our country I have had a chance to visit with \u2014 every single one says they can\u2019t find people to work,\u201d he said. \u201cSo I think this is just good common sense and [time to tell] the Biden administration, \u2018it\u2019s time to knock this stuff off.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jordan said it is simply a matter of what you \u201cincentivize,\u201d going to work or staying home. He suggested that it just wasn\u2019t that obvious to the Biden administration because common sense is \u201cin short supply.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/joe-biden-wharton-school-of-business-white-house-american-families-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Biden\u2019s Families Plan Would Cause Negative Economic Growth, Analysis Shows)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7184020\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7184020\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7184020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelos (R) applaud as US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on April 28, 2021. (Photo by Melina Mara \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by MELINA MARA\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232584478-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7184020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelos (R) applaud as US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Apr. 28, 2021. (Photo by MELINA MARA\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/joe-biden-confronts-accusation-unemployment-benefits-keeping-america-unemployed\/\">addressed<\/a> Republicans\u2019 argument Tuesday that the expanded unemployment benefits are disincentivizing work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never said, and no serious analyst ever suggested, that climbing out of the deep, deep hole our economy was in would be simple, easy, immediate or perfectly steady,\u201d the president said during remarks on the economy.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has announced and approved trillions of dollars in new spending in the first 100 days of the Biden presidency. Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/joe-biden-infrastructure-plan-trump-tax-corporate-cuts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has allocated<\/a> $2.25 trillion for his \u201cAmerican Jobs Plan\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/10\/american-rescue-plan-joe-biden-whats-in-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">another $1.9 trillion<\/a> for the \u201cAmerican Rescue Plan.\u201d The administration is hoping to fund the projects by raising taxes on American families making over $400,000 a year and through closing various taxation loopholes.<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/10\/peter-doocy-jen-psaki-battle-massive-unemployment-benefits-incentive-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Peter Doocy And Jen Psaki Battle Over Whether Massive Unemployment Benefits Disincentivize Work)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Biden announced a $1.8 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/bidens-childcare-plan-disregards-lower-middle-class-families-who-dont-want-daycare-experts-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">daycare plan<\/a> during his speech to a joint session of Congress in late April. It offers \u201cuniversal, quality-preschool to all three and four-year-olds\u201d and \u201ctwo years of free community college,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/28\/fact-sheet-the-american-families-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a White House fact sheet. The plan also promises to continue targeted tax cuts in the coronavirus stimulus package that the administration insists were of benefit to \u201clower and middle-income workers and families.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Ohio Rep. 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