“unemployment will go up because all those bums will just sit on the couch for another year.”
I don’t support the unemployment benefits extension, but should you call all the unemployed “bums?” I know two men well who have needed work for about a year and they are hardly bums. They are skilled; they have good references; they are looking; and they are not finding any work.
There are no doubt FReepers on unemployment right now. Everyone receiving unemployment insurance is not necessarily sitting on the couch.