I know tons of folks, elderly mostly, who work just enough to keep their medical and pay rent barely. Like 20 hours a week or so. I also know they need unemployment the most right now, working and living paycheck to paycheck in retail environments that are not viable right now.
The brutal truth is they would actually get MORE from unemployment than they do from working part time, but they don't qualify for the unemployment because they can't work full time. It's such a ****ed up system.
The people who don't need it, the ones used to living a certain lifestyle, are the ones getting the checks. People who are desperate and on shoe string budgets are being turned down for unemployment because their conditions or situation is already terrible. It's an insane system.