It does not matter who you are or what you were earning - the program is for those who involuntarily lost their jobs and are seeking employment. Those who are not are cheating you and me - they are committing fraud. It is not a matter of the costs of processing - the whole integrity of the program gets threatened when folks, rich or poor, cheat. If you are a millionaire and lost your job and are looking for another job - then you are entitled. If you are a minimum wage worker who wanted to hang out on the beach all summer rather than work - you are not entitled. If you work “off the books” 16 hours a day caring for the disabled but claim unemployment, you are committing fraud. No excuses.
I didn’t say they were committing fraud or even doing anything wrong.
I was pointing out that means-testing would not be cost effective if the result only filters out two-thousand recipients.