Under normal circumstances, yes. This is not normal circumstances. There isn’t a large number of unfilled positions out there and people just don’t apply. There are a lot of people who would gladly give the puny extended unemployment benefits for a real job.
Sometimes Freepers take a pre-depression idealogue and apply it to now. THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME!
I agree, that’s why I said I’m of two minds. I was a veterans career counselor from 1988 to 2000 at a state unemployment office, so I’m very familiar with the subject. This is the worst economy I’ve seen in my 50 years and will soon approach what my late father told me about the Great Depression if it continues on.