Trump droht damit, zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte allen Bundesstaaten das Arbeitslosengeld zu entziehen

> “The American people will no longer tolerate the blatant waste, fraud and abuse of their hard-earned tax dollars — no state should allow it either,”

*snort*

Suddenly, after blatant disrespect of the tax dollars of Americans, with wild self enrichment, illegal tariffs, pointless and lost wars, after making a slush fund to reward actual insurgents, Trump cares deeply about your taxpayer dollar.

Just when massive layoffs are occurring. Remember: cruelty is the point. This country is for billionaires and billionaires alone. Big shoutout to all the rubes who voted for this. I hope you lose everything.

More of this „fraud“ bullshit. Protest too much, etc

My tinfoil hat theory is that they’re doing all this stuff to combat the, “no one wants to work.” The removal of social assistance programs makes it so you either work or you die.

This is how you lose the midterms no matter how much gerrymandering you do. I know a bunch of Trumpers that file unemployment claims yearly.

Just another attempt to turn our thoughts from the Epstein Files. Nice try!

It’s another trial balloon as to what they can do. Claim fraud and what power does the government have, that’s the question. And apply that to upcoming elections and there simply trying to figure out what they can do to force states to bend the knee. And of course they’d like to do away with unemployment insurance to force people back into the work force with desperation, so this serves a number of purposes. But this regime likes to test both the public response and the courts by floating such ideas.

This would be disastrous, and let’s put the humanitarian consequences aside for a moment and focus on the dire economic consequences of such a move, because the humanitarian problems are bluntly obvious.

See, while welfare and unemployment benefits do keep food on the table and, in principle, help prevent people from ending up in horrific situations, they’re also a form of artificial stimulation for the economy as the person on welfare will be pumping money into the economy that they otherwise wouldn’t be through purchases.

In a sense, welfare and unemployment benefits keep the jobless and disabled economically productive in a way charity doesn’t. Furthermore, if the jobless person ends up getting a job because of the benefits preventing them from losing their standing, that is a net benefit as a whole.

Now, if you strip that away, that ultimately means the jobless are no longer economically productive, and that has knock-on effects elsewhere as the artificial stimulation that keeps the economy moving goes away. The end result of that is a vicious feedback cycle where the economy eventually seizes up.

In short, the very welfare systems that conservatives and the far-right decry as socialism help keep the economy running smoothly, and taking those away invites all sorts of horrific consequences.

Next up: Unemployed people not allowed to vote

Project 2025… dumb fucks voted for this

I’m almost tempted at a certain point to just go “okay republicans you made this bed. Lie in it”. Red states receive most assistance funds. If they think they can survive without blue states subsidizing them let’s see it. Yes this will hurt a lot of innocent people. Yes it’ll fuck over the most vulnerable in our society… but half of our society thinks that we don’t need these programs and at this point idk how else they can understand it and get on the same page about living living in a society without letting them test their theories and learning that the shit they’re complaining about is there for a reason.

Unemployment Insurance is mostly funded by the states. The Feds cover administrative expenses, extended benefits, and some dibs and dabs. In 2025, the Feds’ share was about $5.3 billion. (https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/IF/PDF/IF10336/IF10336.11.pdf)

By way of comparison, we just spent about $113B losing a war to Iran.

I am simply appalled at the absurdity of the notion that he talks about waste & fraud in unemployment benefits while himself throwing away BILLIONS in the Iran war and achieving nothing. How do you reconcile this !

Republicans are destroying America. Every policy they make goes against the working class. The average American is going to suffer under prolonged republican leadership.

Unemployment is insurance, not some form of lousy handout. In Florida, it like $275 a week I think. 

What law will this man not break

He can’t do that, it’s Congressionally authorized and budgeted, it is managed by Department of Labor, but it doesn’t control the money, that is established by law, and he can’t change that. This is just bluster and bullshit, someone will quietly tell him he can’t and they’ll try to find some other way to screw over average Americans; or he’ll try it anyway by Executive Order, the Trumpeteer lackey running DOL will attempt to implement his order, and then get slapped down by a federal judge.

Another day- another terror to the American people by the insane orange clown. Impeach, Remove. Jail.

Is it because he’s a little bitch?

What is the point of the government if they do not provide a social safety net for all of us, including those who have fallen on hard times?

While I am certainly not advocating violence, at what point does enough become enough and violence becomes the answer? “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent” per Asimov, but exactly how long do they think the people can take the relentless grinding down of all rights and liberties, and the severe economic consequences of incompetence or evil, and treating only billionaires and corporations as worth representing?

Weren’t we founded based on no taxation without representation? I don’t feel represented by this administration or the clowns in Congress. They waste our tax dollars on ridiculous celebrations but won’t use those dollars to feed us

Thanks for reading my rant. Sometimes I just can’t take living in a dystopia and need to vent. Mods, this comment is not meant to solicit violence or any negative action. Just the opinions of a dismayed American.

Please go ahead. Go ahead and try. Please give the masses the final reason they need to rebel against this facist kleptocracy. Why the hell people haven’t marched to DC by the millions yet I will never understand.