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.

  • OhmsLawn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    431·
    10 months ago

    Honestly, after a day to mull it over, I’m concerned that it could be used to make the argument that they shouldn’t have to pay into it.

      • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        10 months ago

        Why should someone pay into employment insurance if they won’t get employment insurance?

        It’s capped, it’s not like they are getting copious amounts.

        If you wanna tax them more tax them more other ways with an actual tax.

        Remember, its not a tax. It’s insurance. They paid for it.

        Edit: in Canada anyway… it’s a separate deduction from taxes, specifically for EI.

        Edit: another way to think about it is in Canada we have the CPP (canada pension plan) which is also not a tax that comes off each cheque. It pays into our pension, and we get a set amount back when we retire based off what we put in. You can’t just say oh if you made this much you don’t get your cpp. It’s not a tax, it’s something they’ve paid into and it’s rightfully theirs.