I don't currently work as I am disabled, but I hear of many people who just can't find work, which is very sad.
It is sad. Over 200 million people were unemployed globally in 2012.
That's a lot of people. Do you have any idea what the numbers are for the US?
I don't know but unemployment in the UK was at 4.5% in 2017.
At least in the UK people can claim unemployment benefit without there being a time limit. It's not much but it's better than nothing.
on conditions ensuring that they seek work and do not currently have a job, and are validated as being laid off and not fired for cause in most states.
Unemployment benefit is commonly referred to as "the dole"; to receive the benefit is to be "on the dole". "Dole" here is an archaic expression meaning "one's allotted portion", from the synonymous Old English word "dāl".
History.
The first modern unemployment benefit scheme was introduced in the United Kingdom with
- "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts."– quoted in Robert Sobel's review of "Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies", edited by Mark C. Carnes
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