2,400 Millionaires Collected Jobless Benefits In 2009

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An analysis by the Congressional Research Service found that 2,362 individuals who received government unemployment benefits in 2009 lived in households with annual incomes of at least a million dollars. What do you think?


“It’s sadly necessary sometimes when you want to buy items that are, like, a million and twenty dollars.”

Christophe Engstrom • Shrimp Pond Laborer

“Nice try, but I only have the ability to shake my shaming-fist in the direction of poor people.”

Ramon Pedraza • Braille Coder

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“Millionaires are definitely the biggest dicks in the unemployment line.”

JoMarie Rossi • Unemployed