XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.republicans, talk.politics.guns
Interesting.
Crook Biden taking care of his friends.
'Biden Admin Paid $271 Million In Unemployment Checks To Millionaires In
Two Years'
<
https://thefederalist.com/2025/05/14/report-biden-admin-paid-271-million-in-unemployment-checks-to-millionaires-in-two-years/>
'Good news for millionaires and billionaires: They are currently
eligible for unemployment benefits, whether they need it or not. That
has been true since 1964 when the Department of Labor determined
unemployment is for all eligible workers no matter their income level.
In 2022, The Biden Administration paid unemployment compensation to
5,773 people earning $1 million or more, with nearly $58 million going
to out-of-work millionaires. It is an average of nearly $10,000 per
person.
In 2021, a COVID quarantine year with extra dough baked into
unemployment, 14,972 people earning $1 million or more received
unemployment compensation. The Biden Administration spent nearly $214
million keeping millionaires fed, paying an average of $14,200 each.
(As the Federalist previously reported, 2021 and 2022 were also banner
years for unemployment fraud, in which fraudsters including prisoners
and dead people placed multiple claims.)
Combine the years and individuals earning more than $1 million annually received more than $271 million in unemployment during the first two
years of the Biden Administration.
These numbers are part of a report by the Congressional Research Service
(CRS), prepared for Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the Senate DOGE Caucus
chair. CRS looked at tax returns and counted individuals who earned over
$1 million and also received unemployment.
“Our nation’s safety net shouldn’t be strained by subsidizing the lifestyles of the self-sufficient,” Ernst said in an email. “Able-bodied millionaires shouldn’t expect handouts paid for by overtaxed and
overworked Americans. The freebies for free-loading fat cats are over.”
Being fired from a job can be devastating. Getting turned down for
unemployment benefits even more so, especially when living
paycheck-to-paycheck at $30,000 with nothing in savings. It happens. Not everyone is eligible for the unemployment safety net, which is a
fraction of your pay before being separated from employment.
When income stops, it sure would be nice to have $1 million in income
from another income stream. Maybe you own some rental properties, have
good investments, or earned enough to save. If you only had an even $1
million, it would be just over $83,000 a month.
It is enough to afford COBRA insurance and keep your BritBox account.
And now, some say it is enough to remove you from unemployment
eligibility.
Ernst plans to introduce the ‘‘Ending Unemployment Payments to Jobless Millionaires Act of 2025.’’ It would prohibit federal funds from being
used as unemployment compensation for an individual whose wages during
their base period are equal to or exceed $1 million. The base period in
most states goes back to the first four quarters of the last five
completed calendar quarters.
The bill would require any millionaire who is improperly paid to pay the unemployment money back
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)