Is extending unemployment benefits to students a good idea?
Let’s think hypothetically for a minute. You just graduated high school. You worked full-time your senior year to put away some money for college. Now imagine that as you begin your first semester of higher education you won’t have to work at all. Better yet, how nice would it be to collect unemployment benefits due to the fact that you’re a full-time student? Sounds quite enticing, doesn’t it? Arizona state lawmakers are hoping to do just that. They passed a bill through the state House of Representatives that would make it easier for full-time students to register for unemployment. It now awaits approval from a floor vote that would send it to the Senate. Until now, anyone going to school full-time has been presumed unable to receive unemployment benefits, according to Steve Meissner, spokesman from the Arizona Department of Economic Security. But that could soon change. and not for the better. While the number of students the law would affect, if passed by the Senate, is still uncle
