I understand that the workers who are out of work for a long amounts of time are consider dead workers. No one wants to hire people who have not worked in two years. So if they sit and take all their "99 weeks" then they are less likely to be hired by a company.

Add that second set of "99 weeks" and you are dead to most companies. No on wants a worker who hasn't worked in almost FOUR YEARS! Not for any real important placement anyway.

There are to many "fresh" people to pick from as they say. Things move so quickly now that if you stay out of the workforce for that long a time you are not current,

Reminds you of women who want to re-enter the market after raising their families, only to be shuffled back to low end jobs. Things change so fast that you have to stay current!