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available up to 99 weeks, that's up to two years bob herbert is a distinguished senior fellow, casey mulliganr at the university of chicago. casey, on one hand the length of unemployment is hitting a record but the length of unemployment benefits also hitting a record. you hear a lot of people say there's a reason for that. as long as you keep giving out unemployment checks, people will continue to take them. >> yeah, some people will continue to take them, that's for sure. we've got to remember, there's still about 140 million people working this week. but that's right. there's several million people who are collecting unemployment because they are not working. >> but there is this feeling, and bob i want to bring you in on this, the unemployment check, the actual unemployment check is making people stay home and not get a job. there are others who say -- you say there aren't enough jobs for everyone. that's the problem. >> i think there is some research that shows there is a modest effect on the job search. so there's a small percentage of people who might take a job, if they were not on un