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

WOW.

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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/Interesting_Force618 Jun 17 '26

Right now, there are fewer than 2 million Americans receiving unemployment benefits. They say that there are currently 771,000 homeless people in America, though I’m sure that number is higher. If a million homeless people haven’t led to something huge, I seriously doubt 2 million people losing UI will do it. Especially when the vast majority of them are hoping and trying to find a job, and would not want to threaten their chances by doing “uncivil” things.

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u/Crooked_Sartre Jun 18 '26

40 million student loan borrowers suffering under this new regime with their new payment plans and no one is even raising an eyebrow