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Joni Ernst: “Because unemployment programs are funded primarily by taxing employers, this federal mandate is effectively a reverse…”

On the recordOctober 3, 2026
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.
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Joni Ernst
Republican · Iowa

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Critique of unemployment programs for millionaires.

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