Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg was called out on Sunday by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace for overestimating the number of jobs created by President Biden’s $ 2 trillion $ 2 trillion infrastructure package.
Wallace noted that Buttigieg and other officials of the administration presented the false numbers during the appearance in the news shows last Sunday.
‘But it turns out that the study you refer to, Moody’s Analytics, says that the economy will add 16.3 million jobs without the infrastructure bill, and 2.7 million more. So it does not create, as you said last Sunday, 19 million jobs, ‘Wallace said on Fox News Sunday about the American Jobs Plan.
“Again, Secretary Buttigieg, why do people deceive?” he asked.
“You were right, I should have been more precise. The 19 million jobs created are more than the jobs created if we do not do the plan. And it is very important to bring this point forward, as you have just shown us, ‘said Buttigieg, a former Democratic presidential candidate.
“Okay, but 2 million – 2 million is not 19 million,” Wallace said.
He then presses Buttigieg on whether he agrees that he and the director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, who both use the number 19 million, exaggerate the impact of the infrastructure package on work.
‘But the bottom line is that it will add work. “It’s a direct refutation from people who say otherwise, ‘Buttigieg said.
‘So, yes, you were right, I have to be very precise. The difference in jobs suggested by the specific analysis is 2.7 million more. This is a wonderful place to be. Why do we not want America to create 2.7 million more jobs? He added.