Magic Money Tree Only Grows For The Rich

The UK government is to pay 80% of wages for those forced out of work by the Coronavirus. (Excluding the self-employed, for now).

Where will the money come from?

The only reason this question isn't being asked now, as it is constantly when socialists promise spending on social programs, is that the Coronavirus crisis threatens the interests of those at the top - a workforce starving to death is not exactly desirable for them.

There's millions of folks who were already in crisis before this virus came along: 14 million in in-work poverty, for example. Where was the money then?

The planet has been in crisis for quite a while! Where was the money for a green new deal?

And, where was the money to prevent 10 years of austerity that killed 130,000+ people, and screwed public services, including the NHS?

The magic money tree only comes out when the interests of the super rich are severely threatened, to keep the system that they control, afloat.

Capitalism is an insanely destructive system, but it isn’t stupid - it knows how to sustain itself. As it is attempting to do during the Coronavirus crisis, with neoliberal politicians suddenly becoming ‘socialist’.