A Question

I know someone who was unemployed and didn't bother looking for work until his unemployment benefits ran out. He viewed this as a way to take a sort of sabbatical, a paid break from work, since his profession did not offer sabbaticals.

I expect using unemployment insurance as a paid "sabbatical" isn't all that uncommon. Do you know any individuals who have done this?

To the extent that this happens, it adds to the unemployment problem our nation is suffering. For Congress to keep extending unemployment benefits indefinitely to protect the long-term unemployed may only encourage the very problem they hope to offset - long-term unemployment.