Unemployment (draft)
• 2 groups of people: those who can soon get another job and those who can't
• Keep payments for short term (those able to find a new job on their own)
• Instead of dolling out money, provide, say, 6 months of community service work
• Pay a moderate amount or keep part-time so people can look for jobs
• Give work experience and maybe new skills
• Also provide counseling at end and info to employers
• Get people back on their feet/rehabilitate them
• Could also possibly do this with other government payments (e.g. disability)
• Do instead of sheltered workshops
• Government agencies and maybe charities should love nearly free labor
• Require that the positions not replace any permanent ones