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Bipartisan bill would prevent millionaires from taking unemployment checks (www.foxnews.com)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Aatube@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
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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.

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[-] FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

Who cares if they get it? It's peanuts for most people anyways, especially nowadays.

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 9 points 10 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.social 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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.

[-] PopcornTin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

People in charge of making laws are upset when people follow the laws they pass...

[-] Aatube@kbin.social 4 points 10 months ago

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

[-] Th3D3k0y@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Something is way better than nothing in most cases.

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