A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House and Senate on Thursday introduced legislation to prevent millionaires from taking unemployment checks.

Um, how isn’t this a thing already? (Millionaire=people who earn $1M yearly)
Sorry for Fox News, but it’s the best source with this headline and it says it’s bipartisan so we should probably be good.

    • @AgentGrimstone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9•7 months ago

      I wouldn’t have cared if the distribution of wealth hadn’t become so incredibly lopsided. The last thing rich people need is more money.

    • AatubeOP
      6•7 months ago

      Plus it adds up:

      “IRS data shows thousands of millionaires are gaming this system to receive unemployment insurance,” [Utah Republican Rep. John Curtis] said.

    • AatubeOP
      4•7 months ago

      A couple hundred dollars per week saved is a couple hundred dollars per week saved.