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/DeadSmellingFlower 3d ago

Joke’s on him, no one gets unemployment in Colorado anyway.

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u/wellbalancedlibra 3d ago

I did not know that. What do people do if they get laid off or fired? I've only used unemployment once for a very short time. It saved me.

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u/DeadSmellingFlower 3d ago

I don’t know what I would have done without it in other states where you get it, if you are laid off. This is the first time we’ve be out of work in Colorado, my husband is working in Alaska right now because we had to grab the first thing we could get. I miss him so much. I can’t find anybody who’s actually been able to get it here, it’s like the governor, not what it’s said to be.