“More broadly, we are going to have to examine the safety net programs to make sure they are poised to catch the families before they fall even more, especially in the areas of unemployment benefits, child care assistance, and foster care.” ChildrenCareFallBenefitsAreasProgramSafetyUnemploymentAssistanceSafety NetFoster CareChild CareUnemployment Benefits Author:Richard Neal
“Unemployment is due to the large import of goods from Britain and other countries. The Government haven't used the powers which they have for the benefit of the country.” CountryGovernmentUsedHavensBenefitsDuesBritainGoodsOther CountriesUnemploymentImports Author:Eamon de Valera
“The single biggest stimulus to the economy are the unemployment benefits we're paying. These people go out and they spend the money. They go out and they have to get by to everything from paying their mortgage or buying food or just getting by. It has a significant impact on economic growth and the continuation of economic growth.” PeopleGrowthEconomyEconomicBenefitsImpactSignificantBuyingUnemploymentEconomic GrowthStimulusMortgageContinuationUnemployment Benefits Author:Joe Biden
“I find it remarkable that virtually all of the large difference in labor supply between France and the United States is due to differences in tax systems. I expected institutional constraints on the operation of labor markets and the nature of the unemployment benefit system to be more important. I was surprised that the welfare gain from reducing the intratemporal tax wedge is so large.” ImportantStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesTaxesBenefitsGainsEconomicsLaborDuesExpectedFranceOperationsWelfareRemarkableUnemploymentReducingConstraintsWedgesTax SystemUnemployment Benefits Author:Edward C. Prescott
“More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way.” PeopleWayHas BeensGovernmentAbleJobsAmericaBenefitsFewerUnemploymentPrivate SectorUnemployment Benefits Author:Scott Walker
“In the name of compassion, Obama advocates seemingly endless extensions of unemployment benefits because his economic theology holds that by paying people not to work, you will create jobs. It not only fails to factor in the obvious deterrent that extended benefits have on their recipients but also falsely assumes that transferring money from one pocket to the next generates more spending - by some mythical multiple factor, no less. Back on planet Earth, studies reveal that extending unemployment benefits results in more unemployment.” PeopleEarthJobsNextNamesResultsCompassionStudyFailingEconomicPlanetsBenefitsAssumingObviousSpendingEndlessTheologyFactorsPocketsMultipleUnemploymentExtensionsPlanet EarthExtendingDeterrentUnemployment Benefits Author:David Limbaugh
“In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.” PeopleMeanGovernmentSchoolPayEconomyTeacherCuttingTaxesBenefitsDrawsProgramWeakVariousSpendingUnemploymentFundingUnemployedSchool TeachersGovernment SpendingUnemployment Benefits Author:Fareed Zakaria