Quote Originally Posted by BCram View Post
It's not just the unemployed who are a concern. All state expenditure must be under threat. If you are running a business you often have to cut costs. Think the state will find their tax revenues drastically reduced and no serious expectation of increasing them through the traditional stimulus methods. If income can't be increased then more borrowing seems to be the only way to square the books. Borrow now and pay back when we can afford it. Might find that borrowing is more difficult so what family silver can the Government sell?

Brexit is hanging over everything. Just have to make sure that we don't import foodstuff from France if they block the shipping routes. might actually force us to look for new markets etc.
The real problems creep ever closer, the covid smokescreen gets ever thicker.