'Pay them more': Bizarre moment Biden whispers and blames EMPLOYERS for worker ...

'Pay them more': Bizarre moment Biden whispers and blames EMPLOYERS for worker ...
'Pay them more': Bizarre moment Biden whispers and blames EMPLOYERS for worker ...

President Joe Biden blamed employers not paying staff enough in wages when speaking about concerns of worker shortages during his infrastructure press conference on Thursday.

Biden whispered his solution for companies struggling to find workers while taking questions from the press about the $953 billion deal carved out between a bipartisan group of Republicans and Democrats.

'Pay them more', he said while leaning into the microphone and looking out at the crowd.

His comments follow criticism that his $300-a-week unemployment benefits are encouraging Americans not to find a job and concerns that labor shortages will impact inflation. 

The president then insisted that inflation was only 'temporary' and will 'go back down' after consumer prices jumped 5 percent in May. 

It came just hours after his top federal reserve officials admitted they thought the rise in consumer prices would last longer than expected. 

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'Pay them more' President Joe Biden blamed employers not paying staff enough in wages when speaking about concerns of worker shortages during his infrastructure press conference on Thursday

'Pay them more' President Joe Biden blamed employers not paying staff enough in wages when speaking about concerns of worker shortages during his infrastructure press conference on Thursday

His comments follow criticism that his $300-a-week unemployment benefits are encouraging Americans not to find a job and concerns that labor shortages will impact inflation

His comments follow criticism that his $300-a-week unemployment benefits are encouraging Americans not to find a job and concerns that labor shortages will impact inflation

He stepped out on the White House driveway Thursday afternoon and announced 'we have a deal' on an infrastructure package. 

'We had a really good meeting and to answer your direct question, we have a deal,' the president told reporters. 'I think it's really important, we've all agreed that, none of us got all what we wanted, I clearly didn't get all I wanted, they gave more than I think maybe they were inclined to give in the first place.'  

The White House said the deal will include $1.2 trillion in infrastructure spending over an eight year period.  Over a five-year period there will be $973 billion in infrastructure spending. 

The proposal would be paid for by reducing the IRS tax gap - essentially going after tax cheats - as well as redirecting  unemployment insurance relief funds and repurposing unused funds from the 2020 relief legislation. 

'We made serious compromises on both ends,' Biden said. 'This reminds me of the days we used to get an awful lot done in Congress,' the president also said.  

President Joe Biden stepped out on the White House driveway Thursday afternoon and announced 'we have a deal' on an infrastructure package

President Joe Biden stepped out on the White House driveway Thursday afternoon and announced 'we have a deal' on an infrastructure package

Republican Rep. Steve Scalise grills Powell on inflation at a hearing earlier this week

Republican Rep. Steve Scalise grills Powell on inflation at a hearing earlier this week

Biden was surrounded by a bipartisan group of senators led by Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Republican Sen. Rob Portman. 

Sen. Susan Collins, a moderate Republican from Maine, said the two parties agreed on the 'price tag, the scope and how to pay for it.' 

Other senators who etched out the deal included Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy, Mitt Romney, Lisa Murkowski and Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin, Jeanne Shaheen, Mark Warner and Jon Tester.  

At 2 p.m., Biden, flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris, gave an address and took questions about the fresh deal from the East Room before departing on a planned trip to North Carolina.   

The president said he didn't have a 'guarantee' that the deal etched would pass, but explained why he was optimistic. 

'I don't have any guarantee, but what I do have is a pretty good read over the years of how the Congress or

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