I know I am in a minority. I will make my point & move on. :-)
There are many good people (especially in right to work states) who have been shown the door, often without compensation, for reasons having nothing to do with job performance. “It was a hard decision, but we had to make these cuts.” More often than not, they have mouths to feed.
Collecting unemployment is still a stigma for many. They swallow their pride, go to the unemployment office only to learn they have to prove they are not leeches of society looking for easy money. That is not the way to do it. Go after those who commit welfare fraud, the real criminals.
The assumption is everyone is trying to commit welfare fraud until they prove they are not. Guilty until proven innocent. It’s a peeve of mine & I know few will agree.
I’m currently on SSD following a nervous breakdown and it took me time to come to the realization that I needed help and ti was okay to get it. I went through the procedure and apparently it takes a year to have your case reviewed and testimony from a doctor. There are also checks and other constraints and it’s so heavily monitored that the reason we hear about these cases is because they are caught after a quiet investigation if something suspicious pops up.