[longhair]

From time spent here on FR I'm beginning to develop opinions on government programs from a constitutional POV (I think). On this issue - I don't see unemployment benefits as inherently bad. Just not the role of the Federal Government to begin with, and also bad as they continue to foster dependancy on gov programs. Am I way off base here? Opinion requested.

[lasereye]

In theory they don't foster dependency the way welfare does, because in order to qualify you had to have been working in the first place. Presumably the people have a motivation to get back to work. Unemployment benefits do not replace nearly what people earned in their jobs.