Joni Ernst: “I tell you, even the best laid plans can go awry, because we had really kind of an uprising amongst the people around…”

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

From the fields in Iowa to the battlefields in Iraq, I have worked my entire life. Unlike most of my colleagues in the Senate, I am not a millionaire. I know what it is like to live paycheck to paycheck.

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.

“Doe a Deer has woven creativity, hard work, and community into every aspect of its business,” said Chair Ernst.