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Originally Posted by August
What a load of BS. From where I sit, extending unemployment benefits doesn't spur recovery, if anything it spurs laziness.
I see way too many of our students who, although they can easily get a job with the skills they have learned in our trade school, don't bother looking because they are still sucking from the government teat.
"Why work when you can get a paycheck for free?", seems to be their reasoning. Now that the government is talking about ending the free ride they are coming out of the woodwork demanding placement assistance. 
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Well said. Our Prime Minister John Key would employ you as Minster of Welfare in an instant!
Whenever I'm out of work I become this negative, lazy, sloth. Work is good for the well being and keeps me sane!