Is 99 weeks of unemployment benefits producing lazy Americans?

This segment appeared on Fox national news. In it, John P. Strelecky, the author of the #1 inspirational bestseller, The Why Cafe ( http://www.whycafe.com ), addresses some of the reasons why people may not be very motivated to get back into the workforce, when they can collect almost two years of unemployment benefits for not working.

John knows what it's like to be laid off and understands first hand all the emotions and challenges that come with it. It was the experience of being let go from his job which eventually led to him writing The Why Cafe.

In the interview John speaks about shared responsibility, where the existing educational system has resulted in people ending up in careers they don't like, and therefore they aren't all that unhappy to be out of, especially when they can get paid to not work.

While this may not be the reality for all people currently collecting unemployment, the latest job satisfaction statistics support it.

In many cases people have become victims of a system which has set them up for failure.

Regardless of why someone is on unemployment, John's key point is this. Laying you off was their choice. What you do after that is yours. You can either let this experience crush you, or you can take the two years of paid benefits and become an expert in something you are genuinely excited about, and turn your whole life around.

If you do it right, , becoming unemployed can be the best thing that ever happened to you.

They chose, now you choose.

For more about John, or The Why Cafe, visit
http://www.whycafe.com

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• unemployment benefits
• 99ers
• lazy americans
• why cafe
• strelecky
• unemployed

[dbistrumalot]

There's a big difference between jobs that pay decent and shit jobs. I'm a construction worker who has drawn my fair share of unemployment compensation. I've looked for other jobs but no one is going to hire me at a third of what I make now when they know that I'll go back back to my high wage job when the economy gets better

[trexinvert]

Author is a bloodsucker exploiting the "fear" of the unemployed, and "false confidence" of the employed. Either to sell more books or to be 5 minute video filler for news "entertainment" shows having a slow news day. Unemployment is not "free" money for the non-working. You pay into it when you are working, and you get something out when you are not. Plain simple.

[nhstategop]

Yes

[smedheat]

one factor he is forgetting, the new jobs are McJobs. you can take a serious pay cut and sit home on unemployment or take a serious pay cut and get an entry level b.s. job in less than 99weeks. i suggest working damn near anything to fill the gap in the resume. skills atrophy.

[xoxak888]

sound logic but over generalization. People in 50+ age group are people with high work ethics of old time. For an example, never be late , never absent to work or give your 100% are work ethics of those 50+ age group . So they try hard everyday to find a work. What do U do when you have depleted your savings , your mortgage is bigger than home value and U have no income?

Let them work for money. I mean give SUI and let them work for money's worth. I think it is fair for everybody.

[ginadcarr]

Great advice John. I love your suggestion that people spend their 99 weeks becoming an expert in something they are passionate about. As you say, if you do it right, becoming unemployed can be the best thing that ever happened to you. Excellent!