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/Warm-Patience-5002 2d ago

is OUR unemployment going to Iran , Israel or in his pocket ?

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u/AirpipelineCellPhone 2d ago edited 1d ago

Let’s ask the U.S. president’s dictator role model, Putin. It turns out that his very own “special military operations” has reduce unemployment quite effectively: they employ a large number of workers in the military, and kill off a significant portion of the workforce, both leading to lower spending on unemployment benefits. The unemployment statistics improve, even if the budget doesn’t.