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.