thousands of shiite pilgrims are expected to ganler friday in karballah.ack to "out of work". >> welcome back to our fox business special. out of work. i'm lou dobbs. nearly 14 million americans are out of work. what should a government do about that? as john stossel reports, when campaigning for president barack obama said this -- >> we need to expand unemployment benefits and extend them for those who can't find another job right away. >> after obama's election, benefits were extended to as long as 99 weeks in some states. now the president's campaign ads list the extension as an example of how the president kept his word. >> 2 million americans can know with certainty they won't lose their emergency unemployment insurance at the end of month. >> that certainty knowing that a check is waiting has some nasty side effects. when unemployment insurance first began it lasted 16 weeks. fdr said it wasn't a permanent cure. today's 99 weeks is unprecedented. progressives called that a kind program that takes care of the poor guy who gets fired. >> this is what h