Is 'Bridge to Work' program just a handout?

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-- out a new job while still collecting unemployment.

I kid you not it's the Labor Department's new bridge to work program.

-- says it's not creating all that costly bridges to nowhere.

And start getting out of the free markets way to create jobs hi everyone I'm Brenda -- and this is bold and -- -- let's -- dry duet.

Bulls and Bears -- week Gary B Smith Tobin Smith Jonas Max Ferris along with Scott Martin and -- new Green welcome -- Everybody -- hey Gary be let workers collect bad.

You know -- -- another and a long line a goofy government programs.

Trying to get the economy -- our first of all.

Whenever I hear are and that the people get money and and companies get money in this case -- hiring these temporary workers the first thing I think -- -- is fraud.

You know if this goes through we can come back a year from now -- we can start to count how many millions were fraudulently spent.

But the bigger issue which you know Brenda.

We you know -- as -- -- started building cars we sent men in this space we build canals we built railroads.

We I didn't do any of those before and you know -- the rest.

That manufactures the companies the corporations out there took the risk and if they failed it wasn't on the taxpayer's -- This is a great example of just another way to transfer money from one to another without supposedly anyone taken -- risk -- -- and it should be stopped.

Well he's got actually about a third of the workers in George upon.

And that's the state upon which this this whole program is based.

Found full time work from -- that's better than nobody at third of the workers.

Well Brenda I mean there it is -- your Albert Pujols right -- -- 333.

But in the job market.

I don't get that that doesn't really got applause -- not having that by the way actually wish you a good idea yeah last you -- The blueprint for Georgia is exactly the -- because if you talk to the businesses they got involved in this -- of these human resource at its network.

From this inequality in the workplace so if you're looking at Georgia -- as the blueprint for what went on and why we should be doing this I think that's the wrong place to look -- now should.

We be doing that's absolutely.

It smells like innovation.

What better way to.

-- off of best practices lessons -- have been learned in Georgia and there are parts of this program that have been done in other states.

Look this is this is a test program they're going out with ten states.

This is about getting on top of the people who have been long term unemployed and if we don't get on top of that it is going to destroy our economy so the skills that they get from it.

The new references that they are able to apply to it and there are many.

Many people in the private sector who appreciate exactly this type of public private partners.

Caveat to -- says it smells like animation.

Do you have.

Now -- -- except that all -- that outlet -- whose presidency we -- -- admiring this week and we had a couple of people who -- we sort of wanted.

It's illicit.

I'd love to work for you guys but would you just sort of give me like six months before my benefits run out.

We've set up -- expectations.

That somehow.

You know we know that from all the studies have been done about -- can -- -- -- Democrats by the -- that.

If you extend these benefits not in -- weeks you have all these bridges to somewhere whatever that people take -- rights -- and we would have 1% less unemployment backs of those statistics but the government not me.

So I think again this smacks of the look creativity is a code word for.

Moody's -- try to help everybody we can't let's try to -- -- -- too.

Well -- -- -- of course we don't wanna make fun of those who have been unemployed this is Matt Harris and where.

Where you know people and more people have been unemployed for for a longer than I think have since the Great Depression but the -- the issue here for you know.

I is that there aren't -- many incentives.

To hire.

Right now like the idea in theory of a training program but there already are like you did student loans a good trade school -- learn a skill in this country which upgrade -- we shouldn't do that.

But this is a kind of like a subsidized intern -- for companies actually handed the corporate America should get an employee for free essentially that you want to quote unquote trainers or even -- scalable interns staff and they collect unemployment anywhere from the government now I also that's better than -- unemployment and now working at all so it has some improvements plot I -- say.

I'll look at the end of the day it's actually did not raise unemployment is not you don't need a higher -- full time could you have these free -- kicking around -- are allowed to work.

It would be better and I think is all because the president is scared to go -- left the -- hire people with a works project thing but he doesn't company to hire people they need it.

And the government had their own little program for recession is.

And these I don't think this is a good good mix is gonna -- I -- and I got it scary scene the luck on your face is.

Right and I apoplectic -- my don't look at my face is still way back from when I heard the word innovation you know probation was.

They should brand is -- it -- -- the -- in the in the early ninety's when companies were out there are starting to develop the Internet to Google's the.

Just want.

They have -- No money to train workers Amazon and I don't use those came in and said you know what I'm gonna do -- -- people -- could do this customer service could be on the Internet -- to do that warehousing the idea that.

No matter running candidate for crying now -- -- -- -- -- -- you're.

Concept of the FDR let's hire everyone you know that is that's a massive money transfer for one group to another that's no -- and.

CE bit -- visit transfer from taxpayers to companies for free labor but the point -- really good point indication you're using.

Our actual government projects -- did the Defense Department created you don't know -- that can now the Defense Department.

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All -- company.

Yeah those canals earlier in the show I think a lot of canal project -- Children on a volatile and then by workers and -- Barnes and then I say you make it real well -- -- -- -- -- -- Is based on you know what let him to get back you are here because she's really behind this program they're gonna a lot of objections to what -- fat at.

The end of the day anyone who -- hired someone you understand that the time it takes to train them to get them up to speed.

Does cost a lot of money -- it costs a lot of resource is so why not find an innovative creative way that the government can work with.

The free market.

To help bring these people out it's -- I don't like him and smiles and back into the water sports -- well exactly what the economy needs.

And if we -- -- -- and it.

Then we're going to sell advertise it at present right -- -- -- The business may not be ready to -- I mean this is not going to be bringing they have already got tired they're saying they're ready to hire but I -- do you need that help.

To have bring in folks who don't have the skills who have left jobs left industries that are no longer for it productive.

This is at government outweigh any at its about it well -- gentlemen.

At least.

Find some way of celebrating when the government does something right.

To say you.

-- -- how -- when that happens we'll celebrate -- Are not yet but I don't tell him tell -- to give his credit I have to say it in this recession we have construction.

-- and people with -- -- still have no where to go.

And the whole housing market you know people with mortgage backgrounds all of that they have to learn new skills and this is.

You know at least a gesture at trying to train.

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