People on unemployment aren't dumb: they know unemployment going to end, and that that this past check may be the last one they will see. As is the case with many government services, people who've never used it always assume it's much easier and laid back than it really is. In reality being on unemployment suuucks.

Anyone who is remotely employable will get a shitty job thrown at them and their unemployment benefits stopped. They literally say, "if you're offered a suitable job, then you must accept it." And what constitutes suitable, is pretty much any job, even if it pays less, is in a different field, and the commute is significantly longer.

Source: i've been on unemployment before.

> If someone can only go from $30K on unemployment benefits

People are not making $30k a year on unemployment. This is a total mischaracterization of what's happening. It varies by state, but in my state, benefits are 50% of your wage (plus a bonus for dependents) up to a maximum of ~$700+$300 (fed bonus).

The thing is, that maximum is only available to a person making around $72,000 a year with three or more qualified dependents, and only for 39 weeks, and only if nobody offers the person a job. And a person earning $72k is pretty much guaranteed to get a job offer.

Source: used my state's unemployment estimator.