Do unemployment checks = welfare?

When do unemployment checks equal another form of welfare? Our government has continued to increase the amount of time a person can collect unemployment. In the above clip, Rush discusses what the US government is doing to help the unemployed by increasing the dration a person can collect unemployment.

There is NO incentive to find a new job.

If you think the level of unemployment is alarming, you’ll find the chart of the average duration of unemployment in weeks downright frightening:

The duration of unemployment benefits was increased to 99 weeks in 2010.