Joni Ernst: “How can any small business keep up, and folks, sadly they cannot.”

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.

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.

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

Fraud is not a victimless crime, either.