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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

If there's unemployment, having the government help reduce that unemployment, increase employment directly is a pretty good idea. It's not driving out competition; it's…

— Jeremy Grantham

In the name of compassion, Obama advocates seemingly endless extensions of unemployment benefits because his economic theology holds that by paying people not to…

— David Limbaugh

Extending federal unemployment insurance is vital for millions of Americans laid off through no fault of their own, and it serves as an important…

— Sander Levin

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

Extending emergency unemployment benefits isn't just the right thing to do for our families - it's the smart thing to do for our economy.

— Tom Perez

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

— Janet Yellen

It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations.

— Raj Chetty

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 can have a wages policy imposed by mass unemployment.

— Michael Foot

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

— Ludwig von Mises

The only way to eliminate unemployment is to eliminate unemployment benefits.

— Philip Larkin