It's one of their corrupt ways of keeping people down until they ALL quit looking for work. Benefits were only designed to be temporary....for 99 weeks??? The sooner everyone is on big government teats, the more power, read votes, for the socialist party.
So sad how all this is going down, and so fast, and all in the name of benevolence.
I have asked this question of those who support extending unemployment benefits again on other threads. How long would you extend them before a final cutoff date? I don't recall ever getting a answer to that.
How long?
There should be another metric.
It should be based off the national unemployment rate. If employment indicators are showing signs of stability and there are jobs out there, then unemployment benefits should end.
Personally? I'd rather see the same thing happen that happened when Reagan cut UE. The government hired at federal, state and local levels to the tune of 600K new hires.
Obama's administration lost 400K.
And in NYC alone, we now are at historical lows in terms of city and state staffing.
That's pretty awful.