Taffer had indicated during the conversation that, while he is not an economics professor, he believes that a two-person household jointly receiving $1600 in unemployment benefits per week is being demotivated from the job hunt, saying that the median income for an American household is $63,000 annually and the recipients are getting about $20,000 more than that ballpark figure. “I recognize this has been a challenging year for everyone, and I am eager for the hospitality industry to come back stronger than ever,” Taffer added. Taffer, who has fronted “Bar Rescue” for eight seasons and counting, took to Twitter and other platforms today after the segment aired last night, stating that his comment “was an unfortunate attempt to express a desire for our lives to return to normal.”

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Laura Ingraham: 'What if we just cut off the unemployment? Hunger is a pretty powerful thing.'īar Rescue guy: 'They only feed a military dog at night, because a hungry dog is an obedient dog. Taffer suggested to host Laura Ingraham that these workers were being incentivized to laze about rather than find employment again. Jon Taffer, longtime bar and nightclub expert and host of Paramount Network’s “ Bar Rescue,” has apologized for stating that “a hungry dog is an obedient dog” while speaking about American restaurant employees receiving COVID-19 unemployment benefits on “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News.

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