In some countries, governments provide payments for unemployed people. How does this impact people? Is this a positive or negative development?

In many nations, the

government

gives

unemployment

benefits to its citizens in need.

This

allows people to make ends meet during difficult times and is largely a positive development. The effect of

unemployment

is that struggling individuals and families are able to survive challenging periods. A good recent example of

this

would be the record

unemployment

rates in the wake of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. In the United States alone, millions of workers lost their jobs. Many families live paycheck to paycheck and without

government

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they might lose their homes or struggle to put food on the table every day.

Government

money allowed them to persevere in a difficult period and use their time to look for a new job. Depending on the conditions of the payments, they can try to find a quality job rather than settling for the

first

position offered by a company trying to exploit the leverage of

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historic jobless rate.

This

is largely a positive development because it has wide-reaching effects in society. The one qualification to

unemployment

benefits is that some individuals will try to take advantage of them and remain jobless while living off

government

charity. These rare instances aside, society benefits from lifting its most vulnerable citizens out of poverty. Without aid

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some individuals may turn to illegitimate means of supporting themselves. It is unlikely most would become criminals, but the greater effect would be economic. The unemployed cannot buy products and stimulate the consumer economy. The money the

government

hands out allows them to keep buying food, going shopping

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and props up both large and small businesses. A good economy

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increases the chances that businesses will begin hiring again and

unemployment

will decline. In conclusion,

unemployment

payments are a great boon for those without jobs and benefit the whole of society as well. It is important that

unemployment

agencies are well-run and strictly regulated to ensure

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ontinuance of the crucial social service they provide.