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Old 26-08-2021, 21:56   #6998
jfman
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Re: Coronavirus

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Originally Posted by Pierre View Post
Or your position of not giving a toss as long as the furlough keeps rolling in…………it’s stopping btw.
My stance of protecting jobs and businesses remains the same, yes.

Empty nightclubs don’t make money. Neither do coffee shops in city centres next to empty glass office blocks.

I’m not sure what you mean by “rolling in” - I’m financially unaffected by any of the measures I support for businesses or employees affected by restrictions. However, unlike yourself in the ivory tower, I don’t think employees on universal credit and businesses going bankrupt is the long term economically positive outcome you think it is.

They’re not going to lower our tax bill Pierre. We are £2 trillion in debt with no sustainable plan to pay it, what makes £2.5 trillion is the cut off where they decide you need to pay it back?

Ultimately though as you say you don’t care, it’s not about health, or economics, you just hate state intervention even where it is beneficial. There’s no real reason to feign interest in people you have such absolute disregard and contempt for.

Last edited by jfman; 26-08-2021 at 22:07.
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