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Shortage, they have not helped with many policies that disincentive eyes people from entering the labor force like the benefit programs and the vaccine mandates. the policies of the administration havent helped in this instance. jillian: what about the long-term effects of the situation? >> in the longer-term taking a view, private industry will make radical changes during its procurement strategies and we have evidence of this happening.

Theres concern about balancing the books by soaking the rich. >> lawmakers shouldnt be targeting small groups. they should learn from other countries that have benefit programs like what theyre wanting to set up and fund them with broader taxes that dont negatively impact. >> utah senator mitt romney says taxing the wealthy could discourage investment. >> im happy to pay my fair share. lets not create a system that jeopardizes our commission engine. >> steny hoyer says theres just not the votes ...

This puts claims close to their pandemic low, which was reported the first week of september. meanwhile the number of americans claiming unemployment benefits continues to drop, a reflection of states ending pandemic benefit programs. the labor department will release the suspect jobs reports later this morning. well have those numbers on "morning joe." now to the still unfolding disaster in southern california. as officials work to determine whos responsible for a massive oil spill off the co...

The initial jobless claims last week fell to 326,000 from 364,000 the week prior. this put claims close to their pandemic -- reported the first week of september. meanwhile, the numbers oh americans claiming unemployment benefits continues to drop. a reflection of states ending pandemic benefit programs. >> all right. well, thats interesting. willie, very interesting news there. >> well see how this impacting the labor shortage. >> yeah. people are going back to work, and willie, i just -- one t...

The trump organization of giving weisselberg some $1.67 million in untaxed compensation, meaning he cheated the government at different levels out of about 900,000. and falsely claimed more than 133,000 refunds he wasnt entitled to. he also allowed himself to be paid in this alleged scheme off the books as a self-employed person by different trump entities. this gets a little bit into the weeds. i think its worth explaining it to you so you can kind of get your arms around how dedicated prosecut...

Californians seeking unemployment assistance due to the pandemic are experiencing delays and other issues after a large backlog forced EDD to stop accepting new claims for two weeks. Users have taken to social media to complain about not being able to access their accounts or certify for benefits. Some say the site has been inaccessible for as long as two days. ABC7s sister station KGO-TV has reached out to the EDD but has not yet received a response. We will keep on top of this story and repor...

And so this idea that some folks have, you know, this idea from the 1980s from the reagan era that people are on these benefit programs and theyre somehow living high on the hog and getting wealthy, thats not true at all. there are a lot of people that are barely getting by already with these programs. and we actually need to invest so that less children go hungry. more families have the food they need. n more seniors who are desperate for this food are able to get it. >> you know, theres a book...

So -- how would you proceed right now, if you were the administration just go ahead process the -- the process the -- the census data? and go ahead with census as planned? and then, and then see what you find out about the any one citizen population then make decisions about how you want to proceed from a policy point of view i guess not just redistricting could be benefit programs how would that effect different decisions how paid out that sort of thing. >> that is exactly what i would do, if t...

So -- how would you proceed right now, if you were the administration just go ahead process the -- the process the -- the census data? and go ahead with census as planned? and then, and then see what you find out about the any one citizen population then make decisions about how you want to proceed from a policy point of view i guess not just redistricting could be benefit programs how would that effect different decisions how paid out that sort of thing. >> that is exactly what i would do, if t...