‘Bar Rescue’ Host Jon Taffer Likens Unemployment Advantages to ‘Hungry, Obedient Canine’

Jon Taffer, the host of Bar Rescue, lately mentioned that “a hungry canine is an obedient canine” whereas talking about unemployment advantages within the U.S.

Whereas showing on The Ingraham Angle on Fox Information, Taffer and host Laura Ingraham mentioned Individuals receiving unemployment advantages amid the continued COVID-19 pandemic, which Taffer mentioned was “incentivizing individuals to remain house,” as an alternative of working.

“When you get $800 per week in unemployment advantages and you reside with a accomplice who can be getting $800 per week in unemployment advantages, $1,600 per week, $83,000 a 12 months for that family in unemployment advantages,” Taffer mentioned. “The median earnings in America is barely $63,000. We’re incentivizing individuals to remain house. What if we gave that extra unemployment advantages to employers to incentivize individuals to go to work?”

Ingraham then chimed in and requested what would occur if the unemployment advantages had been lower off.

“Starvation is a fairly highly effective factor,” she mentioned. “I do not imply bodily starvation as a result of individuals who really are in want, need assistance. I am speaking about individuals who can work however refuse to work.”

Shortly after, Taffer made related feedback and supported Ingraham’s remarks by evaluating the present unemployment scenario to navy canines.

“I’ve a pal within the navy who trains navy canines and so they solely feed a navy canine at night time as a result of a hungry canine is an obedient canine,” Taffer mentioned. “Effectively, if we aren’t inflicting individuals to be hungry to work, then we’re offering them with all of the meals they want sitting at house.”

“I am utterly with you Laura, these [unemployment] advantages make completely no sense to us, and on high of the affect of not getting staff and never having the ability to run our companies, in my business, meat costs are up 10 p.c, rooster costs are up 15 p.c,” Taffer continued.

Taffer made considerably related feedback earlier this 12 months throughout an April look on Fox Enterprise’ Varney and Co. whereas talking about eating places and bars going through a scarcity of staff resulting from enhanced unemployment advantages.

When requested by host Stuart Varney if the restaurant and bar business will get again to regular by summer season, Taffer mentioned, that they’ll get again to regular “if – huge if – we are able to get staff.”

“The actual fact of the matter is the improved unemployment is inflicting the identical drawback you simply talked about within the well being care business. We won’t get our staff again. It is a disaster for us,” Taffer mentioned. “Prospects are coming again….But when we do not have staff, we will not serve these clients. So now we’re coping with that.”

Taffer has since expressed his remorse over his alternative of phrases.

“Concerning an interview I did yesterday, I wish to sincerely apologize for utilizing a horrible analogy in reference to the unemployment scenario. That was not my intention and I significantly remorse it,” Taffer mentioned in an announcement despatched to Newsweek. “My remark was an unlucky try to specific a want for our lives to return to regular. I acknowledge this has been a difficult 12 months for everybody, and I’m anticipating the hospitality business to come back again stronger than ever.”

Up to date August 13, 2021, 4:49 p.m. ET, – This story was up to date to incorporate an announcement from Taffer.