Don't suggest that to a jobless parent collecting the last of their unemployment checks as their health insurance lapses and their mortgage payments back up.

对那些丢了工作、拿着最后几张失业保险支票、且健康保险失效，失去抵押支付金的父母，可别提这回事。

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Another probable culprit is the rapid expansion of government payments jobless insurance, food stamps, Medicaid, disability and various tax credits that provide millions with an alternative income to getting a job.

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Mr. Obama wants to blame all of that on his predecessor, and no doubt the recession that began in December 2007 reduced revenues and increased automatic spending "stabilizers" like jobless insurance.

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In fact, research shows that unemployment insurance helps keep jobless workers attached to the labor market so that they're not dropping out and giving up.

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