Shiny things. Shiny things. A thousand dollars doesn’t even cover half of our monthly medical insurance premiums — And we are “middle class, old” folks. The system is broken — band-aids don’t help. It is not the economy any more, it is the whole philosophy. For an excellent analysis on this read Adam Tooze in The Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/20/coronavirus-myth-economy-uk-business-life-death?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0Jlc3RPZkd1YXJkaWFuT3BpbmlvblVLLTIwMDMyMA%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=opinionuk_email&utm_campaign=BestOfGuardianOpinionUK