A week or so ago I wrote a blog with this title:
People and jobs? Or wealth? The government has to decide which to prioritise, and there is only one right answer
I argued that the government had to make a choice about whether they were going to prioritise assets or the real economy and people during the course of this crisis.
Now we know the answer. We have got it as a result of the reopening of the housing market. As Politico notes this morning:
This latest change means people can now visit the homes of complete strangers to consider a house purchase, but not the homes of family members or close friends. “So if I put my house on the market, can my mum come round and see her grandson?” freelance journo James McEnaney asks. It rather appears the answer must be yes.
That is wealth before people.
And we're sunk as a result.
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Your conclusion is right, no doubt, but I saw this move as being for their property developer friends who will look to make a killing buying up cheap property from those people whose properties were already on the market, but with little hope of a ‘normal’ sale or price now.
You cynic
You’re probably right
I think this is hyper cynical. As one of those stuck in the middle of limbo at present with my stuff stuck in self storage after selling my place and not yet moving into another it is very difficult. Far worse for many others with much more complex problems. I am not sure people selling private property with the restrictions they have laid out for selling this a huge money earner for the state right now or private people. I think you are slightly clouded by having swallowed slightly to much of the red pill.
With respect, you are confusing the personal with the general
It’s never a good idea
We’re in this mess as badly as we are because of that philosophy