the benefits of unemployment

Viewpoint: "Giving (the unemployed) another 20 weeks of leisure seems rather counterproductive and unfair to taxpayers":

No doubt there are people who struggle assiduously to find work but can't and who deserve some help. Nevertheless, it seems to me that the responsible thing to do is to provide assistance only to those who are really trying to help themselves. To simply dole out cash without monitoring the effort made by the recipients isn't charitable, it's foolish... Two years is more than long enough for those who refuse the jobs available to them or who decline to even look for work.