Congressman Suhas Subramanyam on Trump Fallout
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Why are jobless claims in America spiking?
Earlier this morning, we got some troubling news that jobless claims in America are spiking worse than expected. There were an estimated 242,000 jobless claims that were filed last week. This exceeded the expectations above most economists. And We're hearing now from Democratic voters, Republican voters, independent voters, people who aren't even all that political, just how pissed they are.
How are former Trump supporters reacting to current events?
And we're learning about a lot of stories from people who were former Trump supporters as well, who are regretting their votes. We're seeing in ruby red districts as well, these red state voters showing up and saying, this is not what I voted for. You promised this, you promised that. None of the promises are happening anymore. And in fact, prices are surging. I mean, you've got posts like this. The Let's Go Brandon store has its, they lost their lease. You have people posting on the various right-wing subreddits and social media chats saying that they're losing their jobs right now. A lot of people on Trump's social media platform responding to that bizarre post that he made about Trump, Gaza. And they were like, what the hell are you even doing?
And I think people are realizing that this tax cut is a scam that's just going to be helping the billionaires and screwing over working people. Well, all of that's happening. You've got like Marjorie Taylor Greene saying that these federal jobs that are being cut are not even real jobs and the people who are losing their jobs deserve it. Here, let's play this clip.
You can protest all you want outside of departments of this government. You can protest all you want. But the American people disagree with you. You're protecting the bureaucracy. The bureaucracy is not a business. Those are not real jobs producing federal revenue. By the way, they're consuming taxpayer dollars. Those jobs are paid for by the American tax people who work real jobs, earn real income, pay federal taxes, and then pay these federal employees. Federal employees do not deserve their jobs. Federal employees do not deserve their paychecks. And these are jobs that can be fired at will.
What is Congressman Suhas Subramanyam's perspective on federal job cuts?
Wow, let's bring in Democratic Congress member Suhas Subramaniam. Congress member, first off, welcome to the Midas Touch Network, your first time appearing. You are a Congress member from Virginia's 10th. What do you make of that? I know your district is being impacted by these cuts.
Yeah, you know, she said a couple interesting things. She also said that Congress couldn't cut Medicaid, but that's exactly what they're trying to do right now. But, you know, I represent a lot of federal workers and contractors And those are real jobs. They're real people with real families. So certainly the government does actually employ a lot of people that many of them are veterans. But second, you know, aside from just that, I mean, you know, think of someone who's an employee at the IRS. They actually generate revenue for the government. They can make sure that taxes are collected to make sure waste, fraud and abuse is found and removed. And so a lot of the federal civil service actually saves taxpayers money in the long run. That's why a lot of these programs exist.
They were authorized by Congress to do just that. So, you know, what she said is not true. It doesn't make any sense. And, but, you know, we shouldn't be surprised, right? What we shouldn't be surprised about is a good thing, which is what you were saying before. I think now even Republicans are starting to understand that Trump's agenda was really just about helping the most vulnerable the richest billionaires and richest corporations at the expense of kids who want to be fed and people who just want basic care on programs like Medicaid.
You know, I'm hearing that Republican leadership all the way up to MAGA Mike Johnson and Trump are telling the members of Congress, the Republicans, to stop doing their town halls because it was so humiliating what happened.
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