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Brenda

(1,708 posts)
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 04:59 PM Sunday

'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom

The Trump administration has reportedly terminated the Department of Labor's only job training program for low-income seniors, a decision that came as older Americans braced for new work reporting requirements under the Republican budget law enacted earlier this month.

Bloomberg Law reported Friday that the Labor Department "quietly ended" its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which helped low-income Americans aged 55 or older find part-time employment or job training at nonprofits and government agencies. The program, described as a bridge to full-time employment, served tens of thousands of people across the country.


Groups that received funding under SCSEP, such as the National Council on Aging and Goodwill Industries, "say the program stopped giving them money after June 30," according to Bloomberg Law, which reported that the Labor Department "hasn't made available the roughly $300 million set aside for national grant recipients."

The Trump White House has proposed zeroing out funding for SCSEP in its budget request for fiscal year 2026, smearing the program as an "earmark to leftist, DEI-promoting entities."

In a July 17 letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, a group of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) warned that the withholding of SCSEP funds has already had "devastating impacts," pointing to program grantees in several states that have been forced to furlough thousands of low-income seniors.


Oh look another $300 million disappeared. And blaming it on DEI is the most fucked up thing of all, you filthy Nazis.




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'Extra Cruel': Trump Admin Ends Job Program for Seniors as Work Requirements Loom (Original Post) Brenda Sunday OP
Please, can this guy do us a real favor and stroke out? I think JD will be just as bad or worse as president... wcmagumba Sunday #1
My neighbor still has a Harris/Walz campaign sign in her front yard. Brenda Sunday #4
The bad side is Codifer Sunday #20
It's a shame that many seniors markodochartaigh Sunday #2
FINDING OUT, though B.See Sunday #24
Denying Medicaid without employment, House of Roberts Sunday #3
There is absolutely no fucking room for misinterpretation AT ALL Brenda Sunday #5
Eungenics rears its head again pfitz59 Sunday #6
I think there's enough evidence to show Brenda Sunday #8
Cult, and they support it. rubbersole Sunday #7
The work requirement does not apply to those 65 & older Wiz Imp Sunday #16
Well, good. Maybe they can survive from 55 to 65 without healthcare. House of Roberts Sunday #22
"Ha ha. Senior suckers. So many suckers and losers. Ha ha." - Krasnov (R-felon) & GOP BoRaGard Sunday #9
Where does the Krasnov name for Trump come from? nt cannabis_flower 14 hrs ago #27
Russia - his darkside codename from the skinny side of the Evil Empire* BoRaGard 14 hrs ago #28
Supposed to be the name his Russian handlers gave him in the 1980's haele 14 hrs ago #29
dammed if u do , dammed if u dont. AllaN01Bear Sunday #10
and this bill dosnt care if u r retired. AllaN01Bear Sunday #11
There is no such thing in the minds of Republicans. You're here to make money for rich people and die. That's it. Karasu Sunday #13
Kick dalton99a Sunday #12
I'm ready to wake up now Seinan Sensei Sunday #14
I think there are those in the Trump administration who actually get pleasure doing stuff like this. Fil1957 Sunday #15
All nazis are sadists; it comes with the territory. MLWR Sunday #19
Of course... Godot51 Sunday #17
The work requirements do not apply to those 65 & older. Wiz Imp Sunday #18
We'll get there. Several people in this regime are already on record saying we should do away with the retirement age, Karasu Sunday #26
Precious salt for the wound. Torchlight 14 hrs ago #30
It boggles my mind just what they expect most seniors to do Warpy Sunday #21
Trump who's never worked a day in his life... Kid Berwyn Sunday #23
Doesn't matter if the work requirement B.See Sunday #25
Worth repeating when it comes to this S.O.B. calimary 12 hrs ago #31
Russell Vought is an open boil Seinan Sensei 12 hrs ago #32
Disgusting Dancingdem 11 hrs ago #33

wcmagumba

(4,383 posts)
1. Please, can this guy do us a real favor and stroke out? I think JD will be just as bad or worse as president...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:03 PM
Sunday

but I'm so sick of seeing Trump's ugly mug in the news all the time...Just a small request to the world...

Brenda

(1,708 posts)
4. My neighbor still has a Harris/Walz campaign sign in her front yard.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:14 PM
Sunday

She is white and her husband is black and we live in a very red state.

I was talking to her the other day and just blurted out "I wish he would just fucking die!" She slowly shook her head left to right and said but the system....I interrupted and said "I know there are many horrible people in this administration. But only CHUMP is the MAGA cult leader. When he's gone, they will fracture and lose all power!"

She said, "Okay, yeah, you are probably right about that."



Codifer

(1,015 posts)
20. The bad side is
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:11 PM
Sunday

that tsf is but a token, a mannequin who does the bidding of the real fascist powers lurking behind in the shadows. Vance will not be effective at that task.

Those evil powers in the shadows, however, will find some loon to be their symbol and point person; after all, they found (groomed) reagan, both bushes, and the current ass clown.

markodochartaigh

(3,372 posts)
2. It's a shame that many seniors
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:07 PM
Sunday

who are routinely discriminated against in the job market couldn't make the connection that diversity,equity, and inclusion was about them as well.

House of Roberts

(6,126 posts)
3. Denying Medicaid without employment,
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:13 PM
Sunday

then denying job training and placement means only one thing: You don't deserve any aid and we're not going to help you, even if you WANT TO WORK.

Brenda

(1,708 posts)
5. There is absolutely no fucking room for misinterpretation AT ALL
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 05:23 PM
Sunday

These white christian nationalists (Project 2025), just like NAZIS, are making sweeping changes in order to harm and really, to kill certain people. People they deem unnecessary and unworthy of not only getting a hand up in a racist, sexist world but unworthy of being allowed to live.

How can MAGA Americans NOT SEE THIS SHIT as normal people do???

Yeah, I know. Cult.

pfitz59

(11,641 posts)
6. Eungenics rears its head again
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:10 PM
Sunday

The oligarchy wants to eliminate the 'weak' and 'undesirable'.

Brenda

(1,708 posts)
8. I think there's enough evidence to show
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:15 PM
Sunday

that what you said is true.

These policies were rammed into place in the first 6 months. Chump friendly Supremes are allowing it to happen.

Who can really stop them?

rubbersole

(10,124 posts)
7. Cult, and they support it.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:11 PM
Sunday

Totally unaware they're just as useless as anyone not a billionaire to the billionaires. It has never been more obvious.

House of Roberts

(6,126 posts)
22. Well, good. Maybe they can survive from 55 to 65 without healthcare.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:21 PM
Sunday
Bloomberg Law reported Friday that the Labor Department "quietly ended" its Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), which helped low-income Americans aged 55 or older find part-time employment or job training at nonprofits and government agencies.

BoRaGard

(6,391 posts)
28. Russia - his darkside codename from the skinny side of the Evil Empire*
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:15 PM
14 hrs ago

* According to former GOP saint, and current apparent outcast, Ronald Reagan, russia is the evil empire.

haele

(14,407 posts)
29. Supposed to be the name his Russian handlers gave him in the 1980's
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 02:16 PM
14 hrs ago

Kraznov historically being an early era Soviet General who fled to work for the Nazis, "repatrioted" by the Allies and executed in '47.

Karasu

(1,640 posts)
13. There is no such thing in the minds of Republicans. You're here to make money for rich people and die. That's it.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 06:46 PM
Sunday

Fil1957

(140 posts)
15. I think there are those in the Trump administration who actually get pleasure doing stuff like this.
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:25 PM
Sunday

Godot51

(558 posts)
17. Of course...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 07:29 PM
Sunday

... hurry up and die poor, inconsequential old people and get out of our hair.

Karasu

(1,640 posts)
26. We'll get there. Several people in this regime are already on record saying we should do away with the retirement age,
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:04 PM
Sunday

and a lot more Republicans want to do it without being stupid enough to actually fucking say it out loud.

But these are ALSO the same people who want to go all-in on AI, so...they really need to make up their fucking fascist minds already.

Warpy

(113,703 posts)
21. It boggles my mind just what they expect most seniors to do
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 08:53 PM
Sunday

I have visions of old people hunched over their walkers, doing stoop work in the fields since these fucking assholes eliminated most farm workers.

Kid Berwyn

(21,347 posts)
23. Trump who's never worked a day in his life...
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 09:30 PM
Sunday

…gets his rocks off hurting others.

No wonder his own mother feared him.

B.See

(5,903 posts)
25. Doesn't matter if the work requirement
Sun Jul 20, 2025, 10:02 PM
Sunday

doesn't apply to those 65 or older.

Bottom line, it's a despicably heinous act to impose work requirements on people who, by virtue of their age, are more likely to need Medicaid, may have medical issues that preclude or may make employment more difficult, and then shut down an agency whose purpose is to find placement for these individuals,

as if it isn't already difficult for people above a certain age to find a job. There IS no defence for this kind of shit.

calimary

(87,086 posts)
31. Worth repeating when it comes to this S.O.B.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 04:14 PM
12 hrs ago

He is the king of all schmucks.

Still hard to believe he “won” the White House twice. I’m not sure I can ever believe that one.

Maybe hurting people assuages his own inner pain? Or am I just grasping for ANY way that might help me make sense of him?

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