Why Are People Lumping Unemployment Compensation Into “welfare?”?

Question by Josh L: Why are people lumping unemployment compensation into “welfare?”?
So I’m reading Yahoo articles about drug testing for welfare recipients. Great Idea I’m thinking. Then they start talking about receipients of Unemployment compensation. Last I checked Unemployment was an insurance program regulated by the state. Employers pay into it and my wages are reduced accordingly. How does that equate to welfare?
Unemployment is self sufficient 95% of the time. Just because employers pay into it means nothing. The fact that they have to pay into it reduces MY wages. All together that means I paid for my unemployment, no one else. I could collect unemployment for the next three years and still only come up even with what has been paid in for me the past 18 years. That is why it is not welfare.

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Answer by bkc99xx
Because while it is not welfare as defined, if a person is abusing the system (not looking for work) while still collecting benefits, then it is a big problem. Considering the number of jobs that require drug tests these days, using drugs would be against the terms of the unemployment as it would unnecessarily limit the opportunities for you to find a new job. Therefore, I would not object if laws were passed requiring drug tests for both welfare and unemployment.

Answer by wilderwriter
Employers have to pay more into it than they withhold from your check and the State takes on an even bigger share of the payments, so it, indeed, is another form of “welfare”

Social Security paymetns are also a form of welfare, just to address your next question.

And the stuff the Government is giving to corporations; that’s welfare too.

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