Joni Ernst: “I really think this is a shame.”

In Iowa, we believe in a simple rule: you plug in, you pay up.

We owe it to all Americans to stop the government grift.

Because unemployment programs are funded primarily by taxing employers, this federal mandate is effectively a reverse Robin Hood tax that takes from struggling small businesses to give to the idle rich and self-sufficient.

In 2024 alone, 10,100 million-dollar earners received nearly $97.4 million in unemployment compensation. That amounts to each being paid $9,650, roughly the cost of a new Rolex watch.