system
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human
ELI5: Instead of paying unemployment to peopley who aren't working, why doesn't the government hire people to work for them and pay them the same amount? This way some work would be done (increasing GDP), and the unemployed people still get their money.
gpt
Unemployment is paid for by employment taxes and fees paid by employers, not by the government.  The government operates the program.  

Further, your suggestion would not increase GDP - GDP is finished goods and services, not the sum of payroll.