This is why Westboro Baptist Church is a joke

[kandrathe]

I hate the attitude that some people have of those on unemployment. They aren't getting free handouts. They are using the system exactly how it was designed to be used. Do these people even know how unemployment works? You pay into it while working, just in case you need to collect from it if you lose your job. Do some people take more than their fair share? Sure, but that thing isn't unique to unemployment and there is no way to solve the problem of greed.

It's not unemployment (funded by unemployment insurance paid by businesses), per se, but extending the benefit (at tax payer expense) into perpetuity to which I object.

When does unemployment just become unlimited welfare?

Another comparison. Back in 1983, I was laid off during the recession, and I filed for unemployment. In order to get it, I had to keep copies of all the applications and a log of all companies I had dealt with. They gave me a list of potential companies which I had to apply to as well (even if I didn't really want to work at them). I had to show real proof that I was really trying to get a job. In 2008, again laid off, I collected 40 weeks of unemployment @ about $400 a week and didn't have to show squat to get it. Even for myself... I didn't really get serious about getting another job until the down side consequences were dire enough.