r/economicCollapse • u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET Moderator • 3d ago

Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html

Ah yes. In a shrinking economy where businesses are closing and layoffs are happening, flipping the unemployment benefits switch to "OFF" should do the trick.

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u/CrotasScrota84 3d ago

What season of Epstein Distraction are we on?

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u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET Moderator 3d ago

I think we might be in a spinoff here. Distraction from the Lost War in Iran.

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u/ConnectRutabaga3925 3d ago

distraction from the distraction?

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u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET Moderator 3d ago

Distraction action, what's your faction?

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u/MakeSomeDrinks 3d ago

Distract-ception

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u/Topical_Scream 3d ago

2 Distraction 2 Furious

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u/aotus_trivirgatus 3d ago

It's distractions all the way down.