Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the president’s nationwide campaign against ā€œfraudā€ in government spending.

In a letter to the governors of 53 states and territories, acting Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling warned that the federal government would use ā€œevery available toolā€ to combat ā€œwaste, fraud and abuseā€ within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including ā€œwithholding administrative funds from statesā€ for the first time in history.

There is no single national program for unemployment support, though the federal government partners with state agencies to support temporary financial assistance to out-of-work Americans. Nearly 2 million people are currently receiving those benefits, while roughly 229,000 people are filing initial jobless claims every week, according to the Labor Department.

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    4 months ago

    Currently on unemployment thanks to the tech industry. I wonder what my trump loving family members will think when I bring this up the next time they ask me how the job hunt is going.

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      Knowing Trump fans, they’re going to say it’s a good thing, it’ll make you get up and get a job sooner rather than laying around ā€œwasting time on the government dimeā€. Cause they all probably believe it’s very easy to get another job.

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        Was going to say the same thing. Besides, if they know you don’t support PEDOnald, they’ll take it as your comeuppance.

        I’ve had a conservative in-law tell me that maybe I should not be getting by financially, and that was implied as part of the problem under Biden - that I was doing okay. Because I went to college, etc. No, I should be doing less well and that would mean things were properly balanced or something. That somehow PEDOnald didn’t ā€œgetā€ people like me the first time around and somehow harmed me and others like me (meaning, again, someone who went to college) - and maybe not only financially and that hopefully that would be different in his second term.

        It’s just as fucked as it sounds. Did this in-law think it through and realize it would harm not only my kids, but his direct blood relative? If he did, he didn’t give a fuck, apparently.

        If you aren’t conservative and don’t support Donvict, you deserve to suffer, in their worldview.

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      4 months ago

      I wonder what my trump loving family members will think

      Why do you still speak to them? They are traitors to our nation and vote to harm you.