Donald Trumpās administration is threatening to withdraw federal funding for unemployment assistance in all 50 states as part of the presidentās nationwide campaign against āfraudā 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 āevery available toolā to combat āwaste, fraud and abuseā within state-run unemployment insurance programs, including āwithholding 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.
The problem with leaving it to the states is that you can live in a place that just fucks you. I visited with a social worker recently about how I was going to pay for a hospital visit with no insurance, and she was like yeah thereās no help here.
Where I live, unemployment is inaccessible. Housing assistance is inaccessible. Pretty much all social services have collapsed.
Is it my fault for being born in a state that hates me?
Guess those places need to suffer enough under Republican leadership to learn their lesson and vote them out.