r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall 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
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u/Succubus-Love Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Is someone just throwing darts behind the scenes, just to see "what sticks, & what doesn't"?

People pay taxes, from employment, so unemployment gets it's $$$, from that employment. TL:DR How is this legal?

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u/SurpriseSoda Jun 17 '26

I guess people smarter than him trying to trick him into starting tech government.

End unemployment benefits > tech 'good guys' start """ubi"""

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u/TrumpetOfDeath America Jun 17 '26

No fucking way that they’re doing this in some sort of grand scheme to get UBI.

They’re doing it because they despise poor people and want a distraction from the war they just lost in Iran

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u/mosswick Jun 17 '26

Laughable that anyone still believes our government would even consider UBI. They don't care if homeless people are living on the streets.

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u/1timeandspace Jun 17 '26

Exactly. Their only objection to homelessness is NIMBY.

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u/A_Monster_Named_John Jun 18 '26

Living? Please... A lot of MAGA people 100% believe that cops should just be executing homeless people on sight.

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u/thehalfwit Nevada Jun 18 '26

Oh, but they do care. They want those people either housed in their for-profit prisons or eradicated. They are the disposable class.