The law doesn't say what you want it to say. We've been over this.Why do right-wingers have a problem being legal to our own laws? Only illegals should have that problem.No it isn't. No matter how much you plead, you don't get paid if you won't work an available job.That is your special pleading. And, you are mistaken; The cruel and demeaning part is a lack of equal protection of the laws for unemployment compensation in our at-will employment States.See, that wasn't so hard. Paying high wages to low-value contributors IS a recipe for inflation. Displacing those contributors with automation does keep inflation at bay. From a humanist view, it's both cruel and demeaning - no argument there. It is, however, an economic fact - even higher skilled jobs will displaced as automation advances. In the year 2525.....