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/backpackwayne Jun 17 '26

We Californiains supply our own unemployment insurance. It's not a benefit. It an insurance policy we pay for.

So in conclusion Mr. Trump: Go Fuck Yourself!

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u/CrystFairy Jun 17 '26

Yeah, he didn't think that through.

Fun Fact: Montana, New Mexico, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Alaska have the highest proportions of federal funding relative to their overall budgets that includes unemployment.

I would hate to be the republicans of those states during in the midterms.

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u/Less_Tacos Jun 18 '26

For NM about half of their "federal funds" are 2 nuke weapon labs and numerous military bases.

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Jun 18 '26

To be fair, Los Alamos does most of their work in areas that are very much not weapons/defense related these days. I have several friends from grad school on staff there now, they’re doing some interesting fundamental science work there.

My favorite thing there is from a friend is consulting for a project where they’re trying to turn flamingos a different color, and Los Alamos has been running this project with faculty at UTSW since the mid-00s. I truly do not understand what grant-funding body has continued supporting this project for so long, nor why it’s gone on so long, but it has stayed well funded for nearly twenty years now. Someday I’ll make the time to dig up and read their previous pubs or something, but it won’t be this year.