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> “Pay people and they spend it - keeping the economic circulation ticking over.”

There isn’t actually much to spend it on right now, other than rent, groceries, and online entertainment. Everything else is closed and my bank balance is actually looking much more healthy than it normally would this far into the month!

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The issue is many people who have been laid off need money for _exactly_ those things. For tech workers the quarantine is a minor inconvenience at best. For those less fortunate, it is existential.

A lot of people can't pay rent now, and people are starting to talk about how many days groceries they can afford before they run out.

Some people, like you, have a bank balance getting healthier.

But others have the opposite. Those people could really do with being paid somehow while they are supporting the NHS.

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