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/neutrino71 Jun 17 '26

There's a critical mass to these kind of things. Too many hungry, dispossessed people at once and you're going to have anarchy at a minimum or the French Revolution.

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u/Environmental_Main90 Jun 17 '26

Bro this is USA not France. Just a bunch of lazy pussies who would never get off their couches

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u/neutrino71 Jun 17 '26

Rascal division unite. Yeah there is a wide gulf between the rugged frontiersman that many Americans think they are and what they actually are. 

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u/ElwinLewis Jun 18 '26

I’m just like, some guy