Folks, Interesting insights continue here, from all over the world, - In australia a large number of businesses have closed, pub, nightclub, cinemas with restaurants only for take away. - But other businesses can operate, at least with most people working from home if possible, our airline industry has all but shut down. - Other businesses have reduced staff levels in the office, social distancing etc... - Our schools remain open (optionaly) but that is changing - Many casual and Gig workers are out off work, and our government is ramping up support, including for sole traders and business. - Predictions are from 3 to 18 months our society will operate in such a mode.
My concern is contracts, mortgages, loans and leases which operate well in normal times, threaten our society in these times, if they are not exercised with caution/compasion, both individuals and businesses are likely to go broke under the old rules, but can't avoid it under the new rules. For now we need to operate under the classic socialist model for a time, "from each as to their capacity, to each according to their need" even although the ideological capitalists in our midst will hate this. It is hardly time to exploit ones wealth and assets, when if you act as normal your actions will cause permanent damage to the economy and society, and once again greed may dominate, when non-selfish actions will reduce the damage in everyone's interest. Personally we are fortunate to have the resources to survive, if not drawing off a mortgage (lets hope the banks don't get in my way) , but it could make it hard to thrive out the other side. I feel for those less fortunate but it looks like our Government is attempting to support people in need, whatever the long term cost. However history tells us that any bureaucratic system tends to have big gaps and this will be a continuous process. Best of luck to you all and keep the conversation going. Regards Tony -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/87e84a42-6fb2-40b3-a409-e5ccf4ca5686%40googlegroups.com.
