Benefits of Nature

Benefits of any nature will always be controversial, particularly if they are provided to only certain people. Unemployment benefits fit into this category, it is an issue that has been controversial over a period of time. This essay will delve into unemployment benefits with a particular focus on the issue of whether they should be time limited or not. The first part of the essay will help us understand what unemployment benefits are and develop our understanding of what the real issue at hand is, once this understanding is developed the arguments and evidence for making the benefits time limited will be dissected and highlighted. These arguments include (references .. and arguments from essay) following this the opposing argument of not making unemployment benefits time limited and the supporting evidence of this argument will be looked at. A comparison of the two views will be made and finally in the concluding paragraph the argument with most supporting evidence will be determined. Throughout the essay a variety of sources will be used as both evidence and to help enhance our understanding of certain concepts and arguments, these will assist us in making the decision in whether unemployment benefits should be time limited.
Unemployment benefits like most other benefits available in Australia are means tested, they have certain requirements for one to be eligible to attain them. One the main elements involved in this benefit is a social security payment which is payed until sufficient work is found. Unfortunately here is where comes in the issue of the deserving and undeserving poor, in certain cases once one becomes eligible for unemployment benefits they may become dependent on this form of easy money and then not go back into the workforce. Hence the debate of whether these benefits should be time limited and people should be forced to find employment after being dependant on the state for a certain period of time. Particularly when unemployment becomes