Unemployment

Please excuse me while I rant for a little while about the unemployment benefit system we have here.

How come every one I know is on unemployment?

How come said people aren't even looking for jobs?

I don't bust my ass at work every single day to pay someone else to sit home and play video games, smoke weed, whatever the case may be. I know people that just stopped showing up for work, got fired (NOT laid off) or whatever. I know for a fact as I've seen first hand 2 of my friedns just living off the government and not doing anything to find a new job. Only one of my friends who is on it, truly needs to be. He's a sick guy and can't really work, and he's waiting for disability to go through.

I just get so frustrated. People are using school as an excuse for not working. I worked through college. Sometimes full time, sometimes part time. And when I didn't work at all during school, I didn't expect the government to hand me a check because I chose not to work. I somehow still graduated.

How can we screen this better? I don't think it's right. People should be given the motivation to get out and work, not an easy check.