[BenLurkin]

Exactly.

Government subsidizes poverty.

[fhayek]

If you look at the extended unemployment benefits, your point is clear. To people on the lower end of the spectrum, it is far more lucrative to be unemployed than to get a job. I hire for my company, and it is difficult to compete with getting paid to do nothing. The very people who could benefit from becoming employed, acquiring basic job skills (like showing up!), and perhaps advancing through employment - are getting accustomed to staying home and playing Call of Duty all night.