UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not working

Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by globular-toast on Saturday March 21, 2020 @06:53AM (#22645713)

Simple. I trust the British government to do the right thing more than I trust the likes of HSBC, Microsoft, Google, Unilever and any other company that's built by greedy people whose sole concern is generating profits for themselves and their shareholders.

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Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by metaobserver on Saturday March 21, 2020 @04:14PM (#22649632)

Wait. Do you think it's the right thing now for the FED, ECB and other central banks to print money day and night and eradicate savings of hard working people via inflation?

I'm not sure why you bring up those companies in response to my proposal of managing your own money. But since you mention how purely evil those companies are, last time I checked they were employing real people, working on real products and services, supporting their families and contributing to the economy. I'm not a fan of big corp, bit it's not so black and white.

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Re:UK government to pay up to 80% of wages for employees not... by globular-toast on Sunday March 22, 2020 @10:11AM (#22655021)

I didn't use the word evil so I'm not sure where that's coming from. I pay less than 45% of my income in tax to the government. With the rest I invest a large chunk in the private sector anyway. So I know it's not black and white. But in times like these I'm glad I invest in the government.

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