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I've heard the argument that unemployment benefits somehow act as a disincentive to the long-term unemployed when it comes to looking for work, but…

— Anonymous

Not only do unemployment benefits help families who are hurting; they also put money into their pockets that they'll then spend - and their…

— Robert Reich

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program

— Nancy Pelosi

In 2012, I helped lead the successful effort in Congress to allow states to conduct drug testing of people receiving unemployment benefits.

— Kevin Brady

In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various…

— Fareed Zakaria

More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before…

— Richard Neal

You know, I don't like when people talk about generous unemployment benefits because unemployment benefits are there to help people in very difficult, bad…

— Marty Walsh

High mandated minimum wages will throw people out of work and onto the welfare rolls in cases where unemployment benefits exist. When it comes…

— Steve Hanke

“Unemployment benefits are cut off to the long term unemployed in the USA!”

— Steven Magee

You know, there is an argument to be made that these extensions of unemployment benefits keep people from going and finding jobs. In fact…

— Tom DeLay

Speaker Pelosi says unemployment benefits are economic stimulus. Those are bare-bones benefits.

— Alan Nunnelee

People respond to incentives. If unemployment becomes more attractive because of the unemployment benefit, some unemployed workers may no longer try to find a…

— Paul Krugman

Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side effect of…

— Paul Krugman

“I have been watching the Democrats run the USA for four years. The police are still corrupt and incompetent, their ‘green’ energy policy is…

— Steven Magee

It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations.

— Raj Chetty