From 2 years ago I had a workman (who has a strong work ethic) tell me all his neighbors had gotten used to staying home and doing nothing, collecting long term unemployment.
We have a good friend who was laid off in August. The day it happened he hopped a plane to a trade show where he knew there would be lots of people in his field of work. He did lots of networking in order to find a new job. His severance was about to run out this week and guess what he got a new job. He said that there was no way he could maintain his lifestyle on unemployment insurance. By the way, he’s 62 years old.