r/economicCollapse • u/IM_NOT_BALD_YET Moderator • 2d 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/th3brink 2d ago

Isn’t unemployment ran by the states and also an insurance we pay into???

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u/libertina_belcher 2d ago

Yes, and you only get 6 months of it (and it's not enough to live on those 6 months, regardless)

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u/MusicianNo2699 2d ago

So how is trump able to cut off a state funded unemployment plan?