Ya, I would be bored to death if I couldn't work. When Mitch Daniels became the Govenor of Indiana, he really shut down alot of state jobs. Those of us in the Corrections dept. were very worried that we were going to be completely privatized and downsized. There was a lot of statements like this coming from all the ranks: "If I loose my job today, I bet I will be making your big mac tomorrow." I think the welfare/ unemployment thing while it is bad- is also blown way out of proportion in both directions from both political parties to manipulate the voters. At least in my neck of he woods I have met more people that want to work than dont want to work. And I live in a very democratic region. Do some research on Gary, IN Lake County, IN Chicago, Ill.