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
      5·
      9 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.

    • Aatube@kbin.socialOP
      4·
      9 months ago

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

    • Aatube@kbin.socialOP
      2·
      9 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.