Debate Question: Should the federal government extend unemployment benefits given the state of the economy? -Statement of purpose: Why is the policymake being asked to consider a policy chnage at this time? -Review of the current policy: What are we currently doing? Why are we doing it this way? …

I’m confused. You want to have this debate here?

Nope, i want some advice for the debate i’m going to have. Any input is helpful but im the agaisnt person for the question should unemployment benefits be extended. Thanks

thanks, do you think i should argue to abolish unemployment benefits or just limit them

As with anything, it depends on what your goals are. Ideally, yes, payouts in which money is forcibly taken from some people to be handed out to other people should be abolished, for economic as well as moral reasons. In Economics in One Lesson Henry Hazlitt includes a discussion on the economic si…

Thanks very good reads taking notes on them now Here are the arguments i think i may be facing: -Fiscal stimulus: unemployed spend most of the money they receive = good tool to stimulate aggregate spending -Jobless need help/ what are you going to do just let them strave (is there anything good o…

Yeah these are not uncommon. This assumes the (fallacious) notion that “aggregate spending” (which, has its own problems in itself) is what drives economic growth. In other words, this argument assumes that money simply being spent is “good for the economy”. For information on why this is false (w…

Don’t have much time, but check this out: Welfare before the Welfare State

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John_James February 26, 2012, 4:11pm 4

Well, you’ve got hyper-left wing hyper partisan Paul Krugman supporting your case.

And off the top of my head, here’s a couple of anecdotes.

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