Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
If we assume all the unemployed are unemployable, you would be right. What we have seen with regards to how employment changes based on recessions and labor reforms, by large majority, most of the unemployed when the rate is not very low are not unemployable.
This is why I draw a distinction between "unemployed" and "long term unemployed". Most unemployed people are employable, also most unemployed people want a job. I'm talking about the minority who have no intention of working.

I think even banana is happy with a benefit that keeps people afloat between jobs. The "safety net".