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In reply to the discussion: Should there be a limit on how long one can receive unemployment benefits? [View all]limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)It should be unlimited as long as somebody is looking for a job.
The government should give jobs to people who want to work but can't make it in the private job market.
People who lose their jobs, instead of going to an unemployment office, they should go to an employment office, where they can be matched and placed into a job without a bunch of hassle.
If we tighten the rules for who can get unemployment benefits, without doing something to put people to work, it will be mean.
Unemployment shouldn't exist as a social problem at all. It's within our ability to end it permanently if we just create jobs for the unemployed people. If the private market doesn't provide the correct number or type of jobs, the government should function as employer of last resort, with a WPA-style program.