Joni Ernst: “Mr. Pruitt, will you commit to me that if confirmed, EPA will work with the Corps and DOJ to make sure that Federal…”

While government boondoggles abound, the term is now officially in the law books for the first time. No politician wants their prized pet project to carry that label, but now there's no escaping it.

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.

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

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.