Opinion: Unemployment benefits create jobs - Ross Eisenbrey - POLITICO.com

Opinion: Unemployment benefits create jobs - Ross Eisenbrey - POLITICO.com:

Yes, unemployment compensation makes workers less desperate to find a job. But it doesn’t change the number of available jobs.

"This means that, no matter how hard they try, only one out of five could possibly find a job. Four won’t — no matter how hard they try and no matter how desperate they are."

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