“We have the makings of a wage-price spiral that is very tough to tame, and usually ends badly. No one wants to see that happen,” Republican Leader on the House Ways and Means Committee Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) warned on Yahoo Finance.

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Asked about the current unemployment rate, Rep. Brady outlined how  President Biden’s policies have sabotaged our jobs recovery by  keeping Americans from reconnecting to work:

“Unfortunately, 3.9 percent is low for the wrong reasons. We’ve got between two and four million people who’ve left the workforce voluntarily. That’s not a good sign.

 

“There were a number of provisions in the COVID stimulus that discouraged Americans from reconnecting to work, including a revamped child tax credit, which for the first time no longer required Americans to have earnings at all. 

 

“That, our local business told us, became another barrier after those very lavish federal unemployment benefits. The Affordable Care Act subsidies were equally untied to work and went up to a half a million dollars or more – that’s become another barrier. If made permanent, experts had predicted that could incentivize about 2 million Americans to exit the workforce permanently.”

 

On President Biden holding back our economic recovery, Rep. Brady said:

“2021 should have been a banner year, but President Biden fell short of expectations in each of the three quarters, and I predict a fourth when those numbers come in. 

 

“He’s about 1.1 millions jobs short of his promises from the COVID stimulus in March. Inflation has wiped out three years of wage gains for average Americans. We’ve still got a serious worker shortage that is really damaging Main Street businesses in a big way. Economic optimism has really plunged both from small businesses and families.”

 

LISTEN: Brady: In One Year, President Biden Reversed Three Years of Wage Growth