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.

curiosi · 61-69, F

It's always the same old same old. We went through this after 9-11. As an example the airlines were given huge amounts of money. They used the money to buy back stocks. They did nothing for their employees etc. Then there is a user on here telling us her landlady wants the rent buy the end of the month or buh bye. Yet it is in the stimulus package that she doesn't have to pay her mortgage. They are arguing that if the business fails the whole economy will tumble, I'm not so sure that isn't a bad idea given what we know.