meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Erick Erickson Show

S10 EP171: Hour 1 - Where Are the Workers?

The Erick Erickson Show

Erick Erickson

News, News Commentary

4.5874 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The United States is facing a supply chain crisis of epic proportions. The President refuses to take practical steps to make the situation better.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello and welcome. It is Eric Erickson here. The Eric Erickson show across the nation. The phone number is 877-9-9-7-9-7-3-4-25. Well, you could hear it from me, I realize, but I think it's more helpful for you to get the context of what everyone else was paying attention to this morning when it happened.

0:26.7

Now, let me set the stage for you.

0:30.6

You are listening to a conservative talk show host, wherever you are.

0:38.8

There are people I know who hate listen, who are of the left, and there are people who

0:43.7

listen because they're curious.

0:45.7

I get this all the time now from people who they listen to me and this show because they

0:51.0

like the approach.

0:52.3

It's not just throwing red meat telling people what they want to

0:55.0

hear. But I set the station where this is not a touting Eric moment. This is a you need to

1:00.8

understand that most Americans, when they get up in the morning, they turn on the news headlines,

1:05.2

not talk radio. And while a lot of them turn on Fox News, the vast majority of apolitical Americans are turning on the

1:14.2

big three networks or the business channel or they're just going to CNN for the headlines.

1:19.4

And this is what they were met with this morning as the September jobs report came in.

1:24.3

Things are coming down pretty rapidly.

1:25.9

We just have this jobs report.

1:27.4

Steve,

1:27.6

what do you see? 194. Whoa. I see 194,000. That is real low. Yes. Yes, it is. That was how CNBC got the news

1:40.3

this morning about the Joe Biden economy. Here is Christy Roman on CNN.

1:46.5

The press is a brand new jobs report. A look at the state of the economy, chief business

1:50.6

correspondent Christine Romans with the new details. What does it say? All right. Let me just

1:54.6

run through the top line numbers for you here, John, because it's a real brain teaser.

1:58.6

194,000 net new jobs added way less, way less than anybody expected and less than last month

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Erick Erickson, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Erick Erickson and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.