Denmark Tightens Its Generous Jobless Benefits.

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How long is too long to be paid to go without a job? . . .

Struggling to keep its budget under control after the financial crisis, the government in June cut into its benefits system, the world’s most generous, by limiting unemployment payments to two years instead of four. Having found that recipients either get work right away or take any job as their checks run out, officials are also redoubling long-standing efforts to move Danes more quickly out of the safety net.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/business/global/17denmark.html?hp

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1. If the problem is just keeping people working.

Don't think that is really the problem.

And since production is over demand, how can anyone disagree?