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Unemployment insurance was meant to be a bridge for temporary spells of unemployment. The bad news is all the evidence is that the longer…

— Harry Reid

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

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

Assistance granted to the unemployed does not dispose of unemployment. It makes it easier for the unemployed to remain idle.

— Ludwig von Mises

It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations.

— Raj Chetty

Have you noticed that all the news, statistics, strategies about unemployment are provided by those who are employed? As soon as you are unemployed…

— Dale Spender

Prolonged unemployment is a tragedy of broken lives, broken families, foreclosed homes, and life without health insurance.

— Jan C. Ting

If you look at the geographic variation in long-term unemployment, it's really striking. There are pockets where employers don't want to go, but for…

— Kevin Hassett

They keep extending these unemployment benefits to the point where people are afraid to go out and get a job, because the job doesn't…

— Sharron Angle

Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.

— Janet Yellen

The more generous the benefit, the easier you make it to stay on unemployment insurance, and the less incentive there is for people to…

— John Ensign

While some people are certainly seeing economic benefits, many others are unemployed, underemployed, without health insurance and struggling to make ends meet.

— Jerry Costello