Unemployment Benefits!

I was just reading that the U.S. House of Reps. is looking to provide another extension to unemployment benefits. These added weeks are going to be on top of the federally funded extensions of up to 53 weeks. From my understanding, states pay the first 26 weeks, then the government picks up the extra weeks that Congress approved in legislation last year. Now I understand families out there are really feeling the bad economy, but come on, where is all this money going to come from? Then when the extra weeks are up, and these people still haven’t found a job then what, give another 13 weeks? Now this new bill is only for states with a high unemployment rate of 8.5% or higher, so every state won’t be included, yet. I think the government is taking the motivation out of people to get out and look for a job. I read that the recession is showing signs of coming to an end, so we don’t really need this bill, but it will pass, no one in the House or Senate will vote it down. Hopefully this recession will end very soon and we all can get back to living the normal life again. And most important, hopefully we’ve all learned something from this recession.