I had friends who got $2-3k per month in unemployment for over a year. This replaced their pre-COVID income $1-2k/month. It wasn’t perpetual. But they got a ra

I had friends who got $2-3k per month in unemployment for over a year. This replaced their pre-COVID income $1-2k/month. It wasn’t perpetual. But they got a raise to not work. And they not only maxed out the benefit but some of them moved back home with family to minimize their costs and banked their unemployment and still aren’t working. They spent their time smoking and playing games. This was unprecedented. I would like to see a study into how frequently this actually happened as I don’t know how common my anecdote is.