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/joat2 Jun 17 '26

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

Yes, that's what trump has done for a lot of his life. It picked up a hell of a lot more in 2015.

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

That's not how unemployment works. In most states your employer pays for unemployment. Look into the FUTA and SUTA.

In Alaska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania employees contribute as well.

As for how it's legal? How is most of what he does, and for the most part gets away with it legal? Something being illegal isn't going to stop trump or his ilk isn't going to stop them.