Joni Ernst: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman, very much, and is it Guz-mon [phonetic] or Guz-man?”

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

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

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.