Does unemployment insurance encourage people to remain unemployed?

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Does unemployment insurance encourage people to remain unemployed?

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Opponents of extending unemployment insurance often make one of these arguments:

(1) the program is welfare for the undeserving; (2) it subsidizes leisure and is a major contributor to the high unemployment rate; or (3) the extension does little to create jobs. Do you agree with this?

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http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/commentary/jeremy-schwartz-jobless-benefits-are-not-welfare/article_196353d8-b842-5d90-907b-ad2fa7aba72e.html