Joni Ernst: “It is long overdue that Congress not just have a conversation on these matters, but get serious about a path forward.”

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.

Fraud is not a victimless crime, either.

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