{"id":366585,"date":"2021-11-10T23:00:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/msnbc-host-pushes-back-against-buttigieg-labor-shortage-claims\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T23:00:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:00:10","slug":"msnbc-host-pushes-back-against-buttigieg-labor-shortage-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/msnbc-host-pushes-back-against-buttigieg-labor-shortage-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"#MSNBC host pushes back against Buttigieg labor shortage claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#MSNBC host pushes back against Buttigieg labor shortage claims<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg repeatedly claimed in an interview Wednesday that the ongoing US labor shortage was due to a lack of affordable child care options despite objections from MSNBC \u201cMorning Joe\u201d co-host Mika Brzezinski.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of things contributing to this,\u201d said Buttigieg, who came under fire from conservatives for going on paternity leave in the midst of the global supply chain crisis earlier this year. \u201cOne of them is child care, of course, which is why the president\u2019s Build Back Better vision is going to be good for the labor market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A skeptical Brzezinski noted: \u201cBefore COVID, before Biden, there was a problem with child care and people still went to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in a very different place right now,\u201d she added, \u201cand I need to understand the explanation for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, the child care issue is not new, but it is a greater crunch than ever, even compared to a year or two ago, which is why it\u2019s so important for us to support child care,\u201d answered Buttigieg, who went on to claim that President Biden\u2019s $1.75 trillion <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> spending bill, known as the Build Back Better Act, would \u201cease these labor market pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Pete Buttigieg\" class=\"wp-image-20098714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-01.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg\u2019s infant son Joseph August Buttigieg, nicknamed Gus, has recently returned home after being hospitalized for a health scare. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images \/ Drew Angerer<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI still don\u2019t understand the problem that\u2019s h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening right now,\u201d Brzezinski said. \u201cIf you\u2019re telling me that Build Back Better will bring people back to work because of much-needed, and long-needed, issues like child care and pre-K, that still doesn\u2019t explain why people aren\u2019t coming to work today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, again, I would not ignore the issue of child care,\u201d Buttigieg added before suggesting that the labor shortage was part of a \u201cbigger, deeper reckoning\u201d for employers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe went for a long time where I think a lot of people just assumed that working for poverty wages was the only way out,\u201d he said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re seeing better wages, even in jobs like fast food that were not known for generosity in pay or benefits. I do think that will have an effect. I don\u2019t think it will have an effect overnight.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Under the current plan, middle-class families would pay no more than 7 percent of their income on child care. Two parents earning $100,000 per year and with one toddler could expect more than $5,000 in child care savings per year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Mika Brzezinski\" class=\"wp-image-20098757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/pete-buttigieg-morning-joe-childcare-labor-05.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Buttigieg said a second bill, the Build Back Better Act, full of spending on social services and climate programs, will bridge the gap between issues in the supply chain and the labor shortage.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The plan also expands access to free pre-school for more than 6 million children per year. The Biden administration said the expansion would be the largest expansion of universal and free education since public high school was established 100 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans\u00a0have objected to the plan, saying it does not give parents enough options. <\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration received more bad economic <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> Wednesday when the Labor Department announced that its Consumer Price Index, which measures a basket of goods and services as well as energy and food costs, jumped 6.2 percent in October from a year earlier. That represents the highest inflation rate since November 1990.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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