That's not the people they were specifically addressin...more those who are simply riding out the weeks of unemployment... I've seen these people...shopping, vacationing, fixing up their houses, and many doing nothing at all. I was unemployed and it's not an easy place to be...there are no days off..it's on your mind 24/7...you're either thinking about the next place your going to applu...tweeking resumes'...cold calling places...and that's seven days a week.
The question was regarding the number of weeks of unemp comp. Newt gave the answer of a person having to enter an employer-sponsored training program. How would this be applied equally to the blue collar worker who ran a tool crib and the highly experienced & trained software developer? If the answer is it can’t, then what is his answer for The Other Unemployed Workers and how will it be determined who has to take training and who doesn’t?