Why do you think that if you could, hypothetically, apply for unemployment at-will, with full compliance with at-will employment doctrine? What would you do with recourse to an income that is above the official poverty rate? Would you also, do nothing? In my opinion, anyone can be pursuing Happiness, as enumerated in our Constitution.

If it is only a matter of equity, allowing the employee to pay fifty percent of the unemployment tax could be considered fair.

Your argument would only apply to those individuals who never provided labor input to the economy. Those individuals would likely be the best candidates for a social safety net. I don't mind paying taxes on legal recreational drugs like alcohol, tobacco or pot if it will help provide for the general welfare of the populace of our State.

However, since you object, Hoover Dam could be paying your share of that money that is intended to help real persons in poverty, for you.

With more public sector means of production, we could be lowering our tax burden such that we could end direct and invasive income taxation.