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.

  • ReallyKinda@kbin.social
    173·
    10 months ago

    I’m fine with them drawing on (and contributing to) unemployment insurance the same everyone else!

    • cogman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      10 months ago

      As am I, particularly because inflation happens and these means checks are a long-term bombshell. If the means test isn’t indexed to inflation then in 50 years you are looking at a limit that starts cutting support to people that need it.

      Never means test, there’s too few rich people “abusing” the system for any means test to meaningfully reduce social program budgets.

      • dudinax@programming.dev
        9·
        10 months ago

        This is exactly the kind of inane rule that feels good, doesn’t do any good, but needlessly complicates a system that should be simple, and only will work well for the poor if it’s simple.

        • Aatube@kbin.socialOP
          1·
          10 months ago

          It is simple. AFAIK people already report their annual income (maybe except stocks for some reason) which should determine their unemployment. That does a lot of good by saving money and annual millionaires don’t need unemployment welfare either.