6 Months after Unemployment Aid Cutoff, Job-seekers Report Tough Market

“Losing the benefits has prompted some to take lower-paying jobs they might have turned down before.” If someone is getting paid (with money looted from others, let's not forget) to do nothing, or to wait for the “perfect job” to come along, why would it be surprising that they would seek some sort of employment once the spigot is turned off?