Unemployment isn't some welfare giveaway either. The money for it has been paid into a fund by the employee and the employer. It's called Unemployment INSURANCE after all.

So where exactly is the deduction on your pay stub for unemployment? In Oregon the EMPLOYER pays ALL of the unemployment contributions, the employee pays NONE! Perhaps Washington is different?

I don't think anyone believes people are living it up on unemployment, but many are becoming comfortable and refuse to look for work untill it expires, then complain they have no job and extentions ran out.