Economist EJ Antoni (Heritage Foundation) joins Houston's Morning News

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, six pointy one. Now, so new data released by
the US Bureau of Labor Statistics showing that the Biden
Harris regime continues to replace native born American workers with
foreign born American workers immigrant labor, legal or illegal, getting
one point three million jobs while American job losses have
hit one point two million.

Speaker 2 (00:20):
EJ.

Speaker 1 (00:20):
And Tony is an economist with the Heritage Foundation. He's
actually quoted in this article as well. He joins us
now on Houston's warning is EJ. I wonder how many
Americans realize when they hear about all of these great
job creations, that there is a job lost by an
American for every one of these ones has created for foreigner.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Well, I think that's part of the reason why the
polling on the economy today is as poor as it is.
You have so many Americans who say that they're dissatisfied
with the economy in part because they're not the ones
who are getting the jobs today.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Yes, go ahead, sharre Sorry I'm hearing EJ. Just fine,
So go ahead.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
EJ.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Sorry that we disrupted you there, Oh.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
No, no, That's why I was just making the point
that I think a big reason why there's this disparity
between the business headlines that say the economy's great, We're
adding all these jobs. And why people feel so dissatisfied
with the economy is simply the fact that they're not
the ones getting the jobs. They're not the ones receiving
all the benefits in the Biden Harris economy.

Speaker 3 (01:21):
Yeah, foreign workers coming in, and there's a big distinction
here between how educated the foreign workers are and how
many of them are actually working if in terms of illegals,
and how many jobs are basically taking away from American
lower income workers. And that's what Trump keeps talking about,
and everyone just keeps putting him down for it.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
That's right, Sarah. And you know, one of the big
problems today is the fact that we all usually start
out in low skill, low income jobs. We have starter
jobs for a reason. That's the first step, the first
rung on the ladder of success for almost every single American.
And if you cut out that first wrong on the ladder,
then it basically makes it impossible for people to better

(02:05):
themselves and for people to let's say, save money for
a down payment on a house, or save money for
an education, whatever the case may be.

Speaker 1 (02:12):
Can we talk to EJ about the racial demographics that
are being hit the hardest by this foreign born labor
coming in and taking jobs. President Trump alluded to it
in a speech, and I think even during the debate
in which you talked about black jobs, which of course
means jobs that are predominantly held by black people, and
he's been hit for that, But it really is the
black community that's being hit the hardest by foreign labor
coming in and taking jobs.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
That's right. And frankly, I don't understand why he got
so much criticism for saying black jobs. The same people
who are criticizing him use phrases like black communities and
black churches and black schools, black colleges. I'm not sure
what the issue is then with having a with saying
black job. But whatever the case, you know it is
true when you go through the numbers that typically more

(02:56):
blacks than whites use those starter jobs again as the
first rung on that ladder to success, because they're less likely,
for instance, to go to college, where then you don't
graduate and get a starter job, you get some kind
of entry level you know, college position. But whatever the case, again,
you have communities that have typically lower income are going

(03:18):
to be disproportionately affected by all of the crazy things
going on in the labor market right now, which are
a direct result of Biden Harris policies.

Speaker 3 (03:26):
Yeah, and meantime, you got the Congressional Budget Office giving
them cover, saying that the spike and immigration we're seeing,
it's going to reduce the federal deficit by nearly a
trillion dollars because more people means more economic activity.

Speaker 2 (03:40):
What people right, and who's getting the money exactly, so
share Here's how they come up with those crazy numbers.
They count the benefit side and not the cost side
of the equation. So they assume all these people are
going to come here and work, which isn't true, But
then they don't count all of the costs associated with that.
For example, you know, these people have kids that they

(04:00):
put through school, except the school is being paid by
taxpayer dollars that these people aren't funding. They use emergency rooms,
and then let's say, don't pay their er bills. So
there are all kinds of costs associated with people living
here that you need to account for as well, but
they don't do that, and that's how they come up
with these crazy numbers.

Speaker 1 (04:20):
Ej Antoni economists with a Heritage Foundation and laying out
the real numbers and the impact of them on the
working Americans.

Speaker 2 (04:27):
EJ.

Speaker 1 (04:28):
Thank you for the time.

Speaker 2 (04:28):
We appreciate it, my pleasure. Thank you for having me.

Speaker 1 (04:32):
All right. Yeah, crazy numbers, illegal immigrants coming in and
taking so many jobs from Americans, and they are celebrating
it in the Biden Harris regime