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Is the Conservative answer to a national crisis socialism for the rich?.(UK)

The Conservatives have used a huge level of state intervention and some smart-arse commentators have pointed out that their level of government spending is now much greater than was in the Labour Party manifesto. The same manifesto that they said would be economic suicide and turn us into Venezuela and so on.

Whilst I support heavy Government intervention to deal with the crisis, there are aspects of this which are not good. Its a kind of 'socialism' which reflects Conservative priorities. homeowners get mortgage holidays, businesses get subsidies but this is a top-down form of economic life support.

Nothing has been done for renters so that landlords are still legally entitled to rent even when they are not legally entitled to pay their mortgage. Businesses get subsidised for their staff's wages though have no obligation to actually pay those wages. Basically, use 'big government' to protect the wealthy first and everyone else is an afterthought.
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MethDozer · M
[quote] homeowners get mortgage holidays, [/quote]

that's a good thing at least. What's the problem with home ownership? The more of it the healthier.
Burnley123 · 41-45, M
@MethDozer The problem is that private landlords own a lot of houses and charge high rents. The nanny state is looking after them by giving them a virus period holiday but they can still (as of current rules) demand rent from tenants.
MethDozer · M
@Burnley123 Ahh gotcha. When I hear homeowner I think owner of a
their home. Not a landlord who owns rentals. Yeah that's crappy. It should be on the home you live in.