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To look for work. >> this is nancy may i help you. they pre-send that's required to get your check. >> would i say maybe 25 to 35 percent of the people that we are talking to are just not trying. >> that's not what we hear from our president. >> i haven't met any american who would rat have an unemployment check than meaningful job that lets you provide for your family. >>reporter: but incentive matter. in denmark government offered laid off workers 5 years of unemployment benefits. when did many dane finally find work. surprise. after exactly 5 years. so denmark cut benefit to 4 years. then d...

By half. incentive matter. last year congress extended unemployment benefits to nearly two years. could that be a reason why even though the recession is over and the stock market is up, up, unemployment still stuck at 9 percent. check from government does encourage dependency. >> it encouraged me to pass up job option i could have applied for. >>reporter: how many. >> probably half dozen. >>reporter: patrick barry lost his job writing software manual. he says his 99 week of unemployment benefits led him to turn jobs down because they paid less than unemployment. >> that would amount to pay cu...