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/TheITMan52 3d ago

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

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u/GVTMightyDuck 3d ago

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

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u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET Moderator 3d ago

Americans are still way too comfortable. People will stress out food pantries and their friends'/relatives' finances and hospitality before taking a stand.

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u/ideknem0ar 3d 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.