Reply #101: Job training? for what jobs?

[SoCalDem]

Our middle son has been unemployed for a long time now (don't know the exact number of weeks).

Where he lives, he's in a "protected job" grouping because what he does is very specializes. The state does not want him and others in his field to leave, so he has a very generous unemployment package. If he accepts some low wage job, he loses those benefits. he is managing..just barely..and stays in touch with his former employer and competitors, but until the economy breaks, he's going to ride it out until the benefits run out.

People forget that unemployment is INSURANCE, and even if the feds partially fund it, it's a right that employees have, and if possible, they should take advantage of it when they need it.