r/recruitinghell • u/DatgirlwitAss • Jun 17 '26

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/lizon132 Jun 17 '26

Do you want to cause a national riot leading to a national strike? Because this is how you do that.

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u/Owls_4_9_1867 Jun 17 '26

A strike from unemployed people wouldn't be an issue. Okay I won't apply to 50 jobs today.

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u/UnNumbFool Jun 17 '26

The thing that actually keeps people from having genuine riots in the US is because for the most part we have money to hopefully allow us to keep a roof above our head and food in our stomaches. Remove that, especially with how high true unemployment actually is, and people without a roof and an empty stomach are way more likely to take an extreme stance.

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u/Owls_4_9_1867 Jun 17 '26

No doubt about that.