Re: Italian mayor prints local 'currency' to help residents in need Archived Message Posted by Mary on April 2, 2020, 10:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Italian mayor prints local 'currency' to help residents in need" Wait for the bill that they send to us, the idiot taxpayers, to make up the shortfall in revenues after this is all over. Plus the cost of their 'largesse' in the way of benefits and meeting their promise 'to pay up to 80% of workers' wages', etc. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51982005 Their Faisal Islam reports: Coronavirus recession not yet a depression https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51984470 Islam used to work for Sky. Is he upwardly or downwardly mobile? 'Faisal Islam is a British political and economics journalist of Bangladeshi descent who is serving as the economics editor of BBC News. He was the political editor of Sky News from 2014 to 2019, and from May 2004 was business correspondent and later economics editor of Channel 4 News until June 2014.' Message Thread: Italian mayor prints local 'currency' to help residents in need - Ken Waldron April 2, 2020, 6:01 pm Re: Italian mayor prints local 'currency' to help residents in need - Mary April 2, 2020, 6:10 pm Very good question,M nm - focus April 2, 2020, 6:35 pm "Owed" from NHS to Government...who own NHS... - Ken Waldron April 2, 2020, 6:54 pm Good point. Does it also re-fatten them for further privatisation? Nm - focus April 2, 2020, 9:26 pm I presume the "debt" was invented to pretend we "...couldn't afford the NHS" - Ken Waldron April 2, 2020, 9:40 pm This is the sort of idea that needs to grow into an irresistible demand from enough of us to make - Rhisiart Gwilym April 2, 2020, 9:32 pm Re: Italian mayor prints local 'currency' to help residents in need - Mary April 2, 2020, 8:39 pm Re: Italian mayor prints local 'currency' to help residents in need - Mary April 2, 2020, 10:35 pm   Searching