Extending benefits helps individuals but increases joblessness

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The Senate probably made the right move in voting Tuesday to extend emergency government benefits for the long-term unemployed.

What the “World’s Greatest Deliberative Body” never did, though, was engage in a meaningful debate on the pros and cons or the proper role of the federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) program.

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