So Where Do We Draw The Line On Extended Unemployment Insurance, And Why?

[Thinkingabout]

3. Actually it is the employer who pays, amount depends somewhat on the number of claims

paid to former employees. But considering the fact some employers pay into the system for years without any claims I understand the thoughts of employees having years of contributions.
My concern is the number of people who have gotten caught in downsizing through no fault of themselves. If a person has worked in certain fields for a number of years many times their skills are not useable in other employments. If there was valid retraining programs on going it would still take some time to retrain the unemployed to work in other fields and it perhaps would take longer than the 99 weeks. Our Congress has seen fit for the last few years to evade any projects which may help the jobs markets, like a plan of keeping the unemployed in their current status and then blaming them because jobs are not available. We also have aging factors if a person has worked in a field for many years and still not old enough to get their Social Security started and too many jobs does not have pension systems or savings plans available. Many do not pay enough for their employees to "save" for their retirement. If there has been a savings then after losing their jobs the savings is used to maintain shelter and food.