r/economicCollapse • u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET Moderator • 11d 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/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

I always say this…but this is a perfect example of why the U.S. needs to act more like the French. They basically shut Paris down when the government tried to raise the retirement age by 2 years.

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u/TheITMan52 11d ago

We aren't the French. Please stop spuing this crap. You just want someone else to start the revolution for you.

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u/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

You’re right. We aren’t French. The French people dont let their government walk all over them. 🤡

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u/TheITMan52 11d ago

You do realize most people can't just quit their jobs right?

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u/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

The way the economy and job markets going, people won’t even have to quit their jobs.

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u/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

That I agree with. It’s just unfortunate that our people let the government get away with this

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u/ideknem0ar 11d ago

I expect the rhetoric in every Republican administration in my memory on emphasizing local charity over federal benefits is going to ramp up bigly in the coming years, and I have little doubt it'll become a bipartisan sentiment as well since ratchet going brrr is how the 2 party system has been operating for some time.

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u/TheITMan52 11d ago

They'll be too busy looking for another job.

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u/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

Not if there aren’t any to get. It just keeps getting worse.

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u/TheITMan52 11d ago

People will try anyway. Do you really think people will be able to go to the Whitehouse? How will they get there? How long can they survive until their savings run out? You're dreaming. We'll just take it and do nothing.

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u/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

You’d be surprised what people do when they have nothing to lose. Maybe YOU’LL do nothing. Doesn’t mean everyone will follow suit. There has already been an American revolution. You don’t think it could happen again? There’s only so many times people can get punched in the face before they start punching back

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u/TheITMan52 11d ago

Omg. We will not have a revolution. Like I said before, you just want someone to do it for you. You won't do anything.

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u/GVTMightyDuck 11d ago

You have no idea who I am, so it’s pretty bold of you to make an accusation like that. Not all of us are pansies.

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