Right-thinking people know that it is “bizarre” to worry that paying people not to work would reduce incentives for them to find work. See, Krugman, Paul at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/05/opinion/05krugman.html?_r=1 but not Krugman, Paul, at http://books.google.co.th/books?id=dpTBdNGGrtUC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq=krugman+eurosclerosis+unemployment+incentive&source=bl&ots=GiMUCFpvMz&sig=vCcb2wkdXyBbx7wMDf_pjewae2U&hl=en&ei=FRORS-_BD8H08QaU9dz2BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=&f=false page 210.
See Prof. Boudreax’s letter to the NYT excerpted here: http://cafehayek.com/2010/03/not-terribly-original-of-me-but-it-must-be-pointed-out-to-the-gray-lady.html