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White House warns unemployment benefits at risk in shutdown

16 points by moose_man 11mo ago

ceejayoz 11mo ago
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- toomuchtodo 11mo ago
  It’s ironic because he watched January 6th live, egged them on, but doesn’t appear to think it could happen again. The current approach demonstrates an irrational risk appetite.
  - SonOfKyuss 11mo ago
    I think they would welcome the opportunity to invoke the Insurrection Act and occupy blue states so they can “manage” the next election
    - toomuchtodo 11mo ago
      ~6.5 times as many people (~7M) turned out for the last no kings protest as there are total active duty military personnel on US soil (~1.14M). Sounds like a poor play, but again, irrational and/or unsophisticated people will take irrational and/or unsophisticated actions. The US military lost in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars after spending ~$6 trillion and countless lives, you’d think people would know better. Ah, well, “it is what it is.” > Despite the recent recruitment gains, the overall size of the military workforce is down 38% from 1980; the total number of active-duty service members has declined 45,861 from 2022 to 2024, for a total of just under 1.3 million. And some recruiting challenges remain: The DOD reports that 77% of young adults in the US are unqualified to serve without a waiver. > The three most-common factors for disqualification are obesity, educational deficits, and criminal or drug abuse records. Young adults also report low interest in serving. In a 2024 survey, 87% of people aged 16–21 said they were either “probably not” or “definitely not” considering enlistment. https://www.gao.gov/military-readiness https://www.gao.gov/military-readiness https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-are-in-the-us-military-a-demographic-overview/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-are-in-the-us-... https://usafacts.org/articles/is-military-enlistment-down/ https://usafacts.org/articles/is-military-enlistment-down/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/06/6-facts-about-the-us-military/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/06/6-facts-a...
mitchbob 11mo ago
https://archive.ph/zB3SQ https://archive.ph/zB3SQ

16 points by moose_man 11mo ago

ceejayoz 11mo ago

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toomuchtodo 11mo ago
It’s ironic because he watched January 6th live, egged them on, but doesn’t appear to think it could happen again. The current approach demonstrates an irrational risk appetite.
- SonOfKyuss 11mo ago
  I think they would welcome the opportunity to invoke the Insurrection Act and occupy blue states so they can “manage” the next election
  - toomuchtodo 11mo ago
    ~6.5 times as many people (~7M) turned out for the last no kings protest as there are total active duty military personnel on US soil (~1.14M). Sounds like a poor play, but again, irrational and/or unsophisticated people will take irrational and/or unsophisticated actions. The US military lost in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars after spending ~$6 trillion and countless lives, you’d think people would know better. Ah, well, “it is what it is.” > Despite the recent recruitment gains, the overall size of the military workforce is down 38% from 1980; the total number of active-duty service members has declined 45,861 from 2022 to 2024, for a total of just under 1.3 million. And some recruiting challenges remain: The DOD reports that 77% of young adults in the US are unqualified to serve without a waiver. > The three most-common factors for disqualification are obesity, educational deficits, and criminal or drug abuse records. Young adults also report low interest in serving. In a 2024 survey, 87% of people aged 16–21 said they were either “probably not” or “definitely not” considering enlistment. https://www.gao.gov/military-readiness https://www.gao.gov/military-readiness https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-are-in-the-us-military-a-demographic-overview/ https://usafacts.org/articles/how-many-people-are-in-the-us-... https://usafacts.org/articles/is-military-enlistment-down/ https://usafacts.org/articles/is-military-enlistment-down/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/06/6-facts-about-the-us-military/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/06/06/6-facts-a...

mitchbob 11mo ago

https://archive.ph/zB3SQ https://archive.ph/zB3SQ