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.

  • OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    631·
    9 months ago

    This is a BS title.

    The bill prevents people with more than $1mil income from receiving unemployment. Far more reasonable considering everything I see says that you need a million or two to retire comfortably these days.

    • PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social
      262·
      9 months ago

      Someone in their 50s could easily have $1M in assets if their house appreciated a lot since they bought it and they gave a decent retirement account. Yet they could have been earning $50k a year and have no liquid assets.

    • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      Is this actually anything anyone in this income bracket has ever done? This seems like a pointless bill to me

      • Aatube@kbin.socialOP
        3·
        9 months ago

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