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The Hartmann Report

WHY ARE WORKERS QUITTING THEIR JOBS IN RURAL STATES?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

The Hartmann Report, Climate Change, Democracy, News, America, Debate, Congress, Economics, Thom Hartmann

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Kentucky, Idaho, South Dakota and Iowa reported the highest increases in the rates of workers who quit their jobs in August.  Employees quit or were hired at rates matching or exceeding the national average in the ten states with the highest rates of new infections of Covid-19.


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And greetings my friends, patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice, believers in peace,

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freedom and the American way Tom Hartman here with you. Who's quitting their jobs,

0:56.4

right? This is one of the main narratives that we're seeing in the media.

0:59.4

In fact, the New York Times just got owned on this thing.

1:02.7

They had an article the last couple of days where they did a thoughtful conversation with six

1:09.5

people who quit their jobs instead of getting a COVID vaccine. And it turns out that one of them,

1:16.3

who is represented in the article as just like kind of a normal person who, you know,

1:21.6

sincerely and a heartfelt has concerns and is worried, turns out this woman was a, you know,

1:28.7

just a screaming anti-vax activist, you know, out there threatening people and I mean, just,

1:37.5

she was a total nut case. And the New York Times didn't figure that out, didn't know that.

1:45.2

They interviewed like six people as if they represent what, six million people? No,

1:48.9

they represent maybe six thousand people. I mean, this is a very, very small percentage of people

1:52.7

are quitting their jobs. But they're getting all this publicity because, you know, it plays

1:57.1

into the Republican narrative that people are unhappy with how Biden is handling things.

2:03.4

But where are they quitting their jobs? This is the fascinating thing. Elissa Fowars and

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