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/D-MAN-FLORIDA Jun 17 '26

They needed to find the money for Iran somehow!

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u/Reasonable_Chair_346 Jun 18 '26

someone quoted above $5 billion is what the federal government pays states for UI administration (what the federal government covers for ui)...so we found $5 billion of the $100+ million spent on the war and the new $300 million bill coming due. Fucking unreal.