The federal government may also permit a further extension of the benefits payment period when unemployment climbs during a recession, paying for the extension out of general federal revenues or levying a special tax on employers. Whether to extend jobless-pay benefits frequently becomes a political issue since any extension boosts federal spending and may lead to tax increases. [3.]
Usually these insurances do not help to reduce number of unemployment, because insurance only give some time to live till you find a job, but usually 70% of these people can not find these jobs, or they use all benefits they can get and then leave the country, like it was in Latvia in 2010. when all unemployed people could get for free English language lessons, different courses, and then they just went to UK to work.
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