Benefits Quote by Paul Krugman

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

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

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

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

The long-range sloution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it…

— Milton Friedman

Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed.

— Edward Heath

It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations.

— Raj Chetty

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

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

— Ludwig von Mises

Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare.

— William Vickrey

Long-term unemployment is particularly costly to those directly affected, of course. But in addition, because of its negative effects on workers' skills and attachment…

— Ben Bernanke

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