The debate over unemployment benefits extensions can be confusing for those looking to see if they qualify and provoke anger between the men and women that are unemployed and those who feel unemployment is making people unwilling to work. While the topic can be argued for an endless amount of time, what many people are calling for is the extension of unemployment benefits, not just a longer period in which to file.
Unemployed men and women have been asking for more weeks, for those who are facing the loss of their unemployment benefits and it has yet to be made clear if this is an immediate concern for Congress, who recently passed an extension to apply for unemployment benefits.
Many on the other side of the unemployment benefits extension argument feel that by allowing the unemployed to continually draw benefits will dissuade them from looking for jobs and these same individuals always make mention that there are many jobs available, but is this really the case?
While there are job postings and positions vacant, there are far more men and women looking for a job than there are jobs available. An employer, also, will not hire someone that is overqualified, and with many unemployed men and women having either years of experience, a degree, or a combination of both, the jobs that are open, essentially, aren’t available to these people.
For those who believe that unemployment is making people lazy, sadly, it may be a shortsighted world in which they live. Anyone reading accounts of those who are unemployed can quickly discern that there is no lavish living going on in the world of unemployment.
Yet, are there some people that are taking advantage of extended unemployment benefits? Yes. Are all or even the majority of unemployed men and women happy to stay home and collect unemployment? No.
To say, in a job market where there are vastly fewer jobs open than people who need them and to believe that unemployment benefits shouldn’t be extended simply because a few people are unwilling to look for work as a result, is basically throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
In the end, it comes down to who you are as a person. Do you feel a program that is abused by some should be shortened or even ended because of the few or, despite those abusing the system, should it continue so that it can help the majority?
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