Joni Ernst: “I think part of the problem in tracking this as well, foreign people participating in these programs, is that USDA has a…”

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

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.

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.

Watt’s fair is fair—and passing these costs on to Iowans isn’t.