[cryoshon]

Hah, you mean the unemployment insurance that has all sorts of loopholes that employers will use to prevent you from being able to claim it?

You mean the welfare which expires under certain circumstances? The food stamps that got cut during the last budget? The nutrition programs that pay for slop lunches at school?

Medicaid, which still doesn't prevent people from going bankrupt from medical fees?

The US safety net is about as solid as a paper bag.

[marknutter]

Which is probably why we have a lower unemployment rate, because people are incentivized to find work (any work) sooner rather than sit around waiting for the job they would prefer to have.