Joni Ernst: “The distribution of program resources must be made more consistent across all states, especially in our rural areas.”

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

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.

My message to the affluent finance bros being cut off from Uncle Sam's unemployment trust fund is simple: If you are fortunate enough to make $1 million or more per year without having to work, then you should be counting your blessings —…