So what if some small percentage is happy to try to live on unemployment? Many, I suspect most, worked for years, got the American dream of their own home and were getting by till the economy went in the tank. Now they are desperately trying to hold on to the dream and might be able to make it if we help out with unemployment.

If they do lose everything, we will be seeing more of every type of social problem and that will cost us in the long run.

Not everyone can find a job. That’s what a higher unemployment rate means. Did Americans all of the sudden get lazy after the banks crashed? No! Things got tougher. Do any of you honestly believe there a decent job out there for everyone? If so ,was that also true during the great depression. Did Americans just get lazy then?