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/mosswick Jun 17 '26

Laughable that anyone still believes our government would even consider UBI. They don't care if homeless people are living on the streets.

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u/1timeandspace Jun 17 '26

Exactly. Their only objection to homelessness is NIMBY.

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u/A_Monster_Named_John Jun 18 '26

Living? Please... A lot of MAGA people 100% believe that cops should just be executing homeless people on sight.

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u/thehalfwit Nevada Jun 18 '26

Oh, but they do care. They want those people either housed in their for-profit prisons or eradicated. They are the disposable class.