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Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by user5994461 on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:34PM (#22640185)
Some of the tens of millions of people under 40 who will have to cover all that debt over the next decades might beg to differ.
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Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by michaelmrose on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:52PM (#22640409)
You are already covering debt for a lot stupider reasons at least you can console yourself that the money was worth spending.
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Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by user5994461 on Friday March 20, 2020 @03:49PM (#22640956)
The point is precisely that views differ on whether the money is worth spending ;)
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Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by michaelmrose on Friday March 20, 2020 @04:48PM (#22641505)
I think a half a million people are worth saving even if some of them get decades more of life and some only get A single decade more of life.
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