Ernst Amendment on 'Jobless Millionaires' Passes U.S. Senate - Radio Iowa

Ernst amendment on 'jobless millionaires' passes U.S. Senate - Radio Iowa

The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment Iowa Senator Joni Ernst offered on the massive tax and spending bill senators have been debating since Sunday. “My amendment ends freebies for free loading fat cats by disqualifying anyone making a million dollars or more from being eligible for unemployment income support,” Ernst said. Earlier this year, […]

Ernst amendment on ‘jobless millionaires’ passes U.S. Senate

(Radio Iowa) – The U.S. Senate has approved an amendment Iowa Senator Joni Ernst offered on the massive tax and spending bill senators have been debating since Sunday. “My amendment ends freebies for free loading fat cats by disqualifying anyone making a million dollars or more from being eligible for unemployment income support,” Ernst said. Earlier this year, the Senate unanimously approved a bill to implement the policy and the Ernst amendmen…

SEN. ERNST: Washington Going Bankrupt While Wasting Billions of Taxpayer Dollars on Unused and Unneeded Properties - The Iowa Standard

Despite being the nation’s largest landlord, Uncle Sam will never win a round of Monopoly, the classic boardgame where players try to make money—and avoid going bankrupt—by buying, renting, and selling property. That’s because Uncle Sam, who is already $36 trillion in debt, refuses to sell off unused and unneeded properties that are nothing but money pits. Washington is paying out over $81 million maintaining underutilized offices every year. Th…