How the pandemic is pushing people into poverty

This year, hundreds of thousands of families face a bleak Christmas. We have been to meet some of those who started 2020 with steady jobs and secure incomes - but whose hopes for the future have been wiped out with the pandemic. Here are the stories of eight of those now struggling to make ends meet.
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[@JW-YT]

Take away peoples ability to earn money but dont freeze rent or other expenses. Act surprised when most of the population falls into poverty. If the politicians had to go without money they'd soon change their tune.

[@mattaddison1910]

Well Boris Johnson did say he wanted to resign because they reduced his salary from 300k to 100k something, pathetic people.

[@face-in-the-crowd]

Universal Basic Income, that's what they want

[@JW-YT]

@@face-in-the-crowd somebody still has to fund universal basic income

[@Grimeyhoob]

There is a 6 month tenancy protection programme. Stop spreading bullshit

[@Grimeyhoob]

@@KC-qr3wk these people only know how to complain and point out flaws. They have zero understanding of the real world where no solutions are perfect.

[@emmabrooker166]

When a govt shuts down normal economic activity for public health reasons, it MUST compensate people appropriately!

[@public.public]

It's capitalism. If you don't like it have a revolution.

[@fatfat1877]

@@public.public socialist lockdown actually numb nuts.

[@occidentalexplorer1125]

@@public.public These lockdowns are socialist based. Capitalism thrives on economic growth so why would capitalism lockdown what it needs to survive? So I refer you to my previous comment! You are just a pathetic bottom feeding basement troll. This virus started in a communist country! That is a known and proven fact....

[@kyriakoschristodoulou2059]

@@occidentalexplorer1125 yes, yes and yes.

[@mahamoudali2176]

@@occidentalexplorer1125 this is not a socialist lockdown it’s done by a conservative capitalist government. Socialist countries like Sweden are doing so much better and did not have a lockdown.

[@82boulou]

Everywhere on the planet feel the same I'm in Egypt and I have a catering company We used to supply Schools , Weddings , Corporates events like conferences and trainings etc , Our sales dropped by more than 85% I kept paying my employees for 6 months from my own personal savings because they are valuable to me ,they r my team and they started with me from scratch , I had to apply for a loan to keep paying their wages but eventually i had to let half go and i feel heartbroken ever since , they have families and kids .. I'm on the edge of Bankruptcy and fighting day to day to keep floating but everyday it's getting harder no matter what measures I take to stimulate the sales . I believe we r heading into a nasty great depression on a global scale . Very painful days ahead .

[@Chidanandaji]

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[@redruby747]

Prayers

[@klaki4800]

I'm so sorry, this is so painful to hear. I used to sale wedding gowns and dresses and because of Covid the company sales also died. I understand you completely. But know that the day will come when we all come back to a better day.

[@honestreviews7185]

God bless you

[@luceroromero5090]

God bless you! Keep hanging! Things will be better 🙌🏼

[@kt47793]

Aww i felt so sorry for that last guy he's obviously worked so hard and now he's losing it all when his voice cracked i wanted to give him a hug 😞

[@teacherrefat2259]

I almost committed suicide after I lost everything. I have been waiting for my death only. Hope it will come soon.

[@fluedgoop]

@@Chidanandaji do you have anything that isn't an incoherent rant that uses KZbin videos as a source?

[@alicewestbury4817]

Hi Refat oh get a grip of yourself, you talk about ending your life because you lost your possessions.!!!

[@ralphraffles1394]

@@teacherrefat2259 Get some anti depression tablets for the short term. Apply for Universal Credit and in three months life may just look better.

[@sadiqgbadebo3190]

@@teacherrefat2259 don’t listen to these people. They are being very insensitive and lack empathy. You aren’t alone in how you feel. I hope you get the help you need and deserve.

[@jjn6914]

Letting people slip into poverty, especially in this pandemic crisis, and instead bailing out corporations is a policy CHOICE the government makes.

[@santoshvelpula5252]

WTF IT IS NOT BAILING ANYONE OUT. IF YOU PUT LOCKDOWNS AND SHUT BUSINESS LEFT RIGHT AND CENTER THEN IT CALLED SUPPORTING BUSINESS. IF A BUSINESS GOES UNDER IT'S GONE PERMANENTLY. COVID WILL BE OVER BY THE END OF THE YEAR ANYWAY

[@trendhitchhiker5400]

@@santoshvelpula5252 Working for the gov I can tell you that is not what they have in plan. They have many more lockdowns to come until 2022 perhaps even further.

[@majid7925]

Poor people don't have a lobby and even if they did they don't have leverage and if they did would that be a paradox? in the old days you were poor because of a lack of opportunity and now that group while still existing is declining while stagnating and declining middle class is growing and the rich are enriching. Complacency and lack of representation seem to be the problem as politicians are not poor and only need to represent the powerful or the majority of the population leaving the powerless voiceless.

[@Hanfahhussain]

maby we should give more to charity . by giving to charity one can never get poor, giving to charity protects your assets.

[@trendhitchhiker5400]

@@Hanfahhussain charity's ate a sham! Maybe be the charity?!

[@Meerkat17]

"To be the best person you can be... ...I'm trying" that quote hits hard.

[@lunoxyajpw2679]

Oh stfu

[@aliceinpayne6911]

Lunoxy AJPW STFU

[@manderson8296]

Wow, that really hit me...

[@lunoxyajpw2679]

@@manderson8296 especially you 🐷🤣

[@redruby747]

Me2

[@droopysa9998]

Correction: “How government policy is pushing people into poverty”

[@caravanstuff2827]

Yeah you mean the Chinese government I presume??.

[@user6d2a05]

the famine is coming all over the world, Gods prophets have prophecied this for 2 years, it has begun. we are not going back to how things were. ever.

[@apachehelicopter9032]

"All governments" the kind of answer a child would give

[@garbageaskedforrightswasst498]

They decide everything anything happens in your life they control it if you get job if you get car house the kind off life you have is all control by them so what the point in even fighting for life when they decide what happens to us all

[@garbageaskedforrightswasst498]

Mathis thanks brother but Jesus is alien yes sounds funny but it’s the truth worlds are ears and ets pulling ropes in my ears yes brother they decide everything for us all since found out now I know what point with anything in life when one is controlled may fight but what for as being controlled can shut down anytime that’s why I don’t care for life no longer

[@inzane728]

Never forget that those up there who so easily stopped your livelyhoods on a whim, they have not lost a dime to this pandemic. Never. Forget.

[@fmjwest8296]

Time to fight back.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

They actually even made profit. Like that german "virologist" Christian Drosten who makes a FORTUNE with the patent for those PCR tests and pushed for the worldwide use of it, even thou this test is complete bogus and anti-scientiffic and proofs nothing. These maggots know it's all a scam and the only way they can prevent people from toppling them is by abusing law, the mainstream media and the executive forces (police) to keep the common people in fear.

[@metfreak100]

Thats is exactly one of the reasons why they are on the top. Its a dog eat dog world.a cruel place

[@christopherellis2663]

It's not as if you are missing out

[@anonomous8719]

How nice of them to pay your wage for doing nothing..

[@jax5850]

Now wealthier people realise that anyone can find themselves in poverty, facing homelessness or food insecurity

[@VoiceSoundEffects]

@Banned 5 Times Wow, congratulations. So have I but that doesn't change the fact that most people haven't and are struggling. No need to be insensitive man.

[@slowmoe1686]

I mean, that kind of thing was getting worse even before Covid, though Covid has HEAVILY accelerated the already existing decline.

[@SaraLevins]

I think if you are smart and save money and don’t live pay check to pay check- it’s pretty hard to get into poverty.

[@angelikalaser7778]

@@OpiumBride the definition is a certain income threshold. For example you're in the top 10% in germany if your household takehome is 5k

[@arleneaugustahair8393]

@@SaraLevins you have to do more than just saving money.

[@andykent758]

Inflation hits people a lot harder than a crashing stock or housing market as it directly affects people's cost of living that people immediately feel the impact of it. Not surprising negative market sentiment is so high now, We really need help to survive in this Economy. The fin-Market;s have underperformed the U.S economy as fear of inflation hammers the prices of stock;s and bonds. My portfolio of $250k is down to $172k any recommendation;s to scale up my return;s during this crash will be highly appreciated.

[@jessyarthur4476]

You have to get a financial-advisor/broker to aid you diversify your portfolios to include commodities, inflation-indexed bonds and stocks of companies with solid cash flows, as opposed to growth stocks where valuations were based on future potential earnings.

[@paytonparker7840]

@@jessyarthur4476 I agree, my proffit have been quite consistent, regardless of market situation, I got in early 2019 and the constant downtrends and losses discouraged me so I sold off, got back in Dec 2020 this time with guidance from a portfolio-adviser. I found her on a CNBC interview where she was featured and reached out to her afterwards. long story short, its been two years now and I've gained over $85k following guidance from my investment adviser.

[@paytonparker7840]

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[@amandageorges5522]

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[@alisagrants4214]

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[@rajtamil12]

This is so sad , while ordinary people lost their jobs and suffering a few people with million turning them into billions in stock market.

[@The-Celestial]

True. A few people with even a thousand have made it into millions by correct investment patterns.

[@josephmmoja486]

Living in the west seems scary now, I live in my farm in Kenya where I have all sorts of fruit, Jack fruit,banana, passion fruit, mangoes. I milk my 2 cows for milk. I live off grid and I use solar energy. Iworry not about rent money coz I put up in my tiny house. A westerner will say I live in poverty but I worry not about rent or food

[@josephmmoja486]

@Robert Storey reread my last statement

[@cooldesertknight9013]

Joseph, *don't ever say that too loud!* Next thing you'd know would be Western banks,companies and their bloodthirsty mercenaries (they call them their 'troops') invading your country (again) killing your people and stealing what's left of your peoples' wealth. This time they'll finish you off! Wish you and your cows and goats happy safe living! (just keep quiet!)

[@josephmmoja486]

@@cooldesertknight9013 okay okay, am quiet

[@auntywanjugu1019]

I also left europe and am back to kenya trying to live off grid too. Where are you ? Am in diani beach.

[@josephmmoja486]

@@auntywanjugu1019 I live in intersection of 3 border, of w pokot and Trans Nzoia counties, both bordering Uganda. It's called chepchoina. A very fertile place mostly for those in large scale maize farming

[@michelesfo7799]

These stories are heartbreaking. People want to work & be self-sufficient. Bless everyone. These are difficult times.

[@sierrayankee6801]

I agree I am fortunate to have a job but I feel like I shouldn’t be in a job. If we suffer WE suffer together. Everyone’s livelihoods MATTER.

[@monicanath4859]

Amen

[@monicanath4859]

@@sierrayankee6801 👍

[@monicanath4859]

@@sierrayankee6801 I really appreciate this amazing comment. Since I am in receipt of benefits, I feel we should all receive something just for working hard. I worked with a disability and chronic pain for years. And I became even more ill. May all who are suffering right now, receive help and support.

[@mg9577]

Especially when its ripped away from you under the cover of rebranded flu

[@ApparentlyGoogledislikesmyname]

I feel for the distress of these people, but coming from Eastern Europe, it's also weird how some of the comodities that these people mourn the loss of would be regarded as luxury back home (size of living space, the furnishings, the views etc.). It highlights the difference in where various societies draw the line between poverty and decent living. Also reminds me of a post-comunist era joke about what various artists asked for as comodities at a concert venue. Famous singer X from the West asked for cristal glasses with Champagne and dozens for expensive orchids in her room. Group of famous singers from Eastern Europe said it would be great to have running hot water at all times!

[@LiliiaSh]

400 euro is a very good salary in Ukraine

[@areyouserious3092]

Well said but please don't take these people's stories as the norm. The people in this video lived very comfortable life's before the pandemic. They talk about having to get jobs as delivery drivers and social care workers like it's a bad thing. I have been a Tesco driver for 15 years and never considered it to be scrapping the bottom of the barrel until I see videos like this. Also my work load has increased ten fold because everyones staying at home and not going to the supermarket but my wage remains the same and in a couple of months time most of these people will return to their well paid jobs but everyone else will just carry on as normal.

[@hossam206406]

@@LiliiaSh that will not even cover the rent of a room in London not even a studio flat or 1 bed flat

[@veronicadavis6005]

Dh@@areyouserious3092

[@k_j_n1242]

@Thracian Princess Sorry, what crazy liberal ideas do you speak of?

[@renatad.2554]

The correct title: 'How the government is pushing people into poverty'

[@fizywig]

The problem began in the 80s when Reagan in US and Thatcher in U.K. stated “govt. is the problem”. 40 years of neo-liberalism and corporate greed and the result is the disastrous inability of the “system” to deal with pandemics , of which we knew back in 2000, that it was coming, but preparing vaccines research etc is not profitable to Big Pharma, so nothing was done

[@benfranklin3638]

Exactly...the mortality rate for COVID is highly dependent on age and co-morbidities. We understand that now...we understood it after the first shutdown while they gathered data. They should have isolated those most at risk (over 65 yrs a certain health problems) and let the rest of us go on with our lives and careers...to SURVIVE. Most of the true at risk population were people already retired anyway. For young healthy people it is no more dangerous than the seasonal flu....once you subtract all the bullshit data.

[@littlepete6849]

About power and control

[@erickborling1302]

Ben Franklin Not true. Have you not heard of the young athletes and such who get it bad? The fact is, the only empathic way about is to see being alive as a "preexisting condition." The majority of the misery is based on a conservative myth that taxes fund federal spending. Unemployment and misery means we're not using or demanding enough of the gov't.

[@angelmanna7144]

@@littlepete6849 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnq6e2Wwlp2Lgdk Must Watch!!

[@PeterSantenello]

Thank you for showing these stories. Unfortunately, most of the MSM in America doesn't cover much of this.

[@essentialone3934]

I see these stories all the time in the USA. Use your google machine.

[@deepakgh7063]

Europe is just women, women, women's everywhere.

[@WolfsH0ok]

This was predicted in the 90's by Bill Cooper. He even got the year 2020 right But he thought it would be swine flu Its all factored in and by design. The Virus actually isn't that dangerous But it allows Governments to implement other plans

[@flufftronable]

I see nothing but stories like this from the USA

[@marywood8794]

@@WolfsH0ok right and all the dead people...that's just pretend?

[@viniciusbicalho2462]

Oh you poor buggers, used to make 80k+ a year and now you have to live like most other people? How about most hospitality workers, making 20k a year and paying rent? Who cares for us?

[@victoriageorgescu8154]

Change the industry

[@nialahmad]

Upskill or retrain and find a higher paying role. It's what I did and I haven't looked back since.

[@essentialone3934]

We care for you; Hopefully, things will get better for you Vinicius!

[@zebraplant5977]

@@nialahmad What do you do? Got any employment contacts at your office? Any jobs available there, now? Please share links here.

[@skepticalmechanic]

When I was trying to figure out what to do for a living my dad told me... do something that people absolutely have to have... I became a Mechanic and have never been out of work in 43 years...

[@andyvaid69]

Me to.. two garages.two hair salons, and a PT.. I'm SWAMPED with work.. I'm turning customers away

[@pbplauralfilms]

@@andyvaid69 just make sure you're paying all your tax

[@andyvaid69]

@@pbplauralfilms been in business for 35 years.. no probs

[@pbplauralfilms]

@@andyvaid69 top man

[@skepticalmechanic]

@paul learn EV’S… fossil fuel is a dying trade…

[@GamesMaester]

Just shows how powerless we really are. The career you once thought vouches for you to afford the life you built suddenly stops to matter. If you’re not in health care, you’re a non-essential.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@Sunny Girl lol literally how- hospitals and care homes are crying out for people at the moment. Jump on the bank rota at any hospital

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@Sunny Girl there were points over Christmas they quadrupled the normal hourly rate. They were desperate. They would have taken literally anyone

[@redplanet205]

Healthcare isn’t a safe haven unfortunately. Still many jobless. We can all relate to the people in this video because they are ordinary workers. But 2020 has shown that too many people were living above their means sadly. If losing your job means a fast dive in months to not being able to pay your mortgage - as a couple - it means that you are living way, way above your means.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@@redplanet205 what do you mean healthcare isn’t safe? There are constantly countless positions open. Of course on minimum wage you cant live a fancy life- but it can certainly keep you going until you find something better

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

@Sunny Girl ah I guess the difference is I’m not fussy- I’m from a generation where you take what you can get. We don’t have the luxury of choice anymore and it’s impossible to find a job market that isn’t saturated. I wouldn’t dare assume if I was trained as x (aka in your case a pharmacist) that I could get a job as x.

[@koobea4859]

I think there’s a big difference between poverty and being broke.

[@politicallyabstract6559]

True.

[@barringtonsmith9147]

in this day and age its slowly equating to be the same, "Can't pay well take it away " people will find themselves sleeping under the stars, trust me

[@satsumamoon]

Yes, the difference in current times is about six months.

[@cooldesertknight9013]

Nowadays if a First World Country fella didn't have a smartphone ...he starts crying he's broke! If he lost all his social-media accounts, he'd say he lives in poverty! How much they suffer! Huh? Silly First Worder-ers! (not poking fun of those who live in real poverty over there, mind you).

[@alvarovaldovinos6836]

Back in the day, my economics professor told us; never live outside your means...always go beneath it and if you just put a side a couple pounds....you will never have to worry....I have lived like this and I have been lucky with this pandemic.

[@HInc7647]

Have you lost your job?

[@karinax4745]

Same! We have been saving long before this hit us!

[@jasminethomas4734]

ACT poor and you will never BE poor

[@privateprivate2421]

3 million tax payers have been excluded and they haven't received any government support so their savings have already run out. It's got nothing to do with people not putting money aside. Those who think it is have not been affected much by covid or they got lucky and received money from the government.

[@emmaq3250]

I have lived that way and it got me through most of this year but we are out of savings now. If another lockdown happens and my husband and I lose our jobs, we have to find something else or we are fucked. It's one thing to have savings for a few months of expenses, this pandemic is looking like it will last 1-2 years. I highly doubt most people even have the ability to have that much money saved

[@emmascott3647]

People's Jobs were really affected as a result of claimed covid and they never got their jobs back. Unemployment is the Most common issue that needs to be looked into in all country.

[@robertemily1645]

Despite the rate of unemployment, some people still counts their millions of Dollars daily and weekly.

[@stephenking3]

@@robertemily1645 That's true, the issue of covid didn't temper with their source of income. I know of a friend that earns $2900 weekly, her pay was coming consistently.

[@lisasweeney8827]

@@stephenking3 Seriously 😳?

[@stephenking3]

@@lisasweeney8827 Yes, but it's an investment that requires a little capital.

[@stephenking3]

She introduced me into it during the pandemic, the business is so legit and reliable, I was initially having doubt, but my first withdrawal turnedd my.

[@gv1967]

Felt sorry for the last guy. While the others had each other, he appeared to be by himself. Hang in there, brother.

[@savcap1]

My heart breaks for everyone out there struggling to feed their families. Stay strong somehow. X

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

Yeh, especially the ones out on the street without a home, you know, the same ones from years back..

[@sinceresong9907]

@@thvtsydneylyf3th077 A lot of those are drug users.

[@colinfleetham8190]

savcap1 yeah i hope everyone gets the help they need it's so sad they don't deserve this the government have made them feel worthless well I say to them all you have family faith and freedom you have all of this a lot of people will be supporting you soon

[@essentialone3934]

@@sinceresong9907 Not all homeless people are drug users; there could be mental illness; and things happen in peoples lives in which they dont have the capability to recover. Whatever their condition is no reason to not extend a lending hand. You're not very Sincere.

[@sinceresong9907]

@@essentialone3934 Look at my comment I said.. a lot....not all. I have been on placement as trainee social worker and understand some of the core issues. Drug alcohol use is often an end result of major difficulty in life. I'm not judging anyone, just giving facts. So get your facts straight and take your personal digs else where.

[@retardedfishfrog972]

The pandemic didn't crash the economies, the MEASURES that was implemented did.

[@MrBarry465]

The measures were implemented as a result of the pandemic.

[@retardedfishfrog972]

@@MrBarry465 No, the measures that was implemented was decided by certain politicians, who were listening to ONE side of the scientific spectrum, namely the scientists who supported PCR testing, Masks and Lockdown. You didnt hear much from the opposition. Why was the discussion about hydroxychloroquine considered disinformation, when there is actual research that says it is effective in certain situations with Covid? Because there is an agenda right now. And that agenda says "follow the official narrative, and if you dont, you are an evil heretic!" Nothing comes out of nothing. A political system that is broken, is set to take care of a worldwide pandemic, and they are destroying it in the process. Politicians dont fix problems, they make them worse.

[@gemma8611]

This was so upsetting to watch. Best of luck to all of them...and to everyone that is struggling right now. Boris, you should be ashamed.

[@fredbloggs8369]

To all my brothers and sisters in the UK - my heart goes out to you. Hang in there. As an Aussie who spent a year studying in Reading, I feel a great affinity for my UK compatriots and despair at the health and economic toll the virus is reaping there. Thankfully, Australia seems to have avoided the worst of the pandemic and our economy is doing OK (not great, but ticking along) so it really upsets me to see hard working people ending up having to sell their cars and motorbikes (hardly a luxury item) and reduced to tears just because employment opportunities have dried up. I am not preaching or, heaven forbid, gloating - but if NZ and Aus have one lesson to teach the world - it is go hard and early on lockdowns. We're freedom loving people and had to make some sacrifices, but on the back end (hopefully) we are enjoying many more freedoms now, with only occasional lockdowns to put out brushfires. And for Christ's sake, will people start listening to the experts? Yes, they are fallible and can be wrong. But they've served us well in Aus and the proof is in the pudding.

[@GoingMenthol]

As someone on Universal Credit, the worst part that most of these people will face is the difficulty of getting out of the benefits system. Once you're out of a job for a long enough time there's few companies that think you're worth hiring

[@Missy-mn6cc]

Disagree if you want a job you get one goodluck

[@sinceresong9907]

@@Missy-mn6cc But what type of job

[@SuperPurpleleopard]

Its true, when I was made redundant this year I knew the clock was ticking. If I passed a certain time then thats me out.

[@danieloliver4558]

It’s hard to claim benefits as well like a maze in fact

[@danieloliver4558]

Alison unemployment is now above 5% so 5% of the country are lazy fuckers in your view. This will soon reach 15% your argument is flawed and I hope you learn the hard way that it is

[@HebrewsUK]

300k and 50k a year jobs......AND THESE GUYS ARE STRUGGLING . And people scoffed at the working class for not having money aside. HUBRIS

[@occidentalexplorer1125]

I am 49 and I was making 40k a year which is not much! I have my own apt in Bath, always had food on the table, and traveled. Now I get my food from local charities if they have any thing left, but its just one bag of food that lasts maybe a week. When I see families and elderly people I wait and allow them to go first! Doing that, sometimes I don't get any food. My savings is almost gone and my food shelves are at the bare minimum. I am about to lose my home of 15 years due these BS lockdowns! This is a Chinese Communist, WHO, DHS and Politically enforced poverty. More people have died due these draconian laws than from this trumped up "Covid' aka (Wuhan Virus). It's time to stand up against these forced lockdowns and take our lives back by force.

[@ashleyredman]

@@occidentalexplorer1125 40k not much?

[@occidentalexplorer1125]

@@ashleyredman That is what I said. £40,000 isn't that much at all and yes that is more than minimum wage. That does not change the fact that I went from £3300 a month to £1000 a month with a £1000 a month for rent since all this BS started. You might want to study up on inflation.

[@public.public]

@@occidentalexplorer1125 LIAR go back to your flat earth.

[@smurf6304]

I wish I could be as poor as 40k a year currently I just earn a 1/4 of that a year regardless of lockdown

[@governorofthedeathstar1680]

Peace and Blessings from across the pond to our wonderful brothers and sisters in the UK.

[@rongants6082]

"Might be a good idea to have savings and a year's worth of food stored." Funny, I used to tell my friends that, and they called me crazy.

[@adriankearney4850]

well all those preppers out there will agree with you , nobody calling them crazy now

[@godissupreme1520]

@@adriankearney4850 i agree with prepping the best people can but realistically who can afford a whole year worth of extra food stashed away and where would you store it if your not living in a farm or palace?

[@victoriah9421]

We only have a couple of weeks of food stored. We have nowhere to keep anything else.

[@totallycheeseboy]

Had to laugh at multi million quid apartment man crying at his motorbike to be honest

[@jqmatinex8666]

He bravely disclosed his situation. Saving for a rainy day was not his top priority and this is an example of the consequences if we all don’t save up and have a contingency plan. I’m Not gonna lie this guy had the assertiveness to achieve the plush lifestyle but lacked the forward thinking to keep money aside or connections to keep him afloat.

[@HisaLight2mypath]

50 grand a year for doing makeup at weddings. Wow. That's a Lot.

[@narutothewinnerof100]

Wait till you hear how much plumbers make....

[@HisaLight2mypath]

@@narutothewinnerof100 I can understand plumbers i know that plumbers make a lot of money but not make-up artist, but I guess it depends on whose makeup you're doing.

[@oldfashionedinvesting4699]

She averages 100 weddings per year so it amounts to 500 each which seems reasonable

[@b33jal]

@country 50k GBP is about 70k USD. But bear in mind tax is different.

[@rmcc0621]

@country According to current conversion rates that would be about $67,000 Usd not 37,000.

[@lindaj7167]

All part of their evil plan

[@oneallah5281]

We are f%#ked

[@JC-fd8ho]

who are they ?

[@eduardochavacano]

well, years of watching Simon Cowell and Pierce Morgan lead the world to this. Accept it.

[@andyvaid69]

What plans? Any proof or just the same old tin foil David ikce bullshit?

[@467076]

People still don't realize how the politicians and billionaire's of the world have caused this. Instead they're fighting each other. Bunch of sheep. I honestly give props to the rich and politician's for controlling us so well. Change my mind.

[@timofte566]

I call all these politician career a GENUINE ""society parasite""They do nothing but lining them pocket from taxpayers.

[@donlaight5943]

I moved to Spain 8 years ago, March 14 this year was the first time for me to become unemployed at 62. My employer has managed to save the company so hopefully when the travel restrictions lift we can get back in the groove.

[@linaislam617]

Over 100k per year for 30 years and not owning your own house? Nor saving?What did you do with all that money?

[@evalon9129]

Exactly,they were overspending and not putting any money on the side.

[@evalon9129]

@es I live in London, houses are not cheap here either. Me&husband had 85( k £) and we managed t save more than 20k last year.We have a child & pay our mortgage too,so it's possible to save up. We are reasonable with our money.This crisis has showed that lots of people live on credit. Anyway, what people with lower wages do?I feel sorry for them as they really do struggle now.

[@CT-vm4gf]

Yep, exactly.

[@ninjablack4347]

yeah no sympathy for them. They spent as much as they made instead of living 5 years frugally and saving everything

[@claudiabettina]

@es Yikes, that's crazy. I live in Canada on an income of 20K each year. I've lived off less. No car anymore. Over half my income goes to rent. I'm single and no kids. I tell you, this has prepared me for these times of Covid. I'm already used to being poor. But, I think we sow what we reap. Some people don't really know how good they have it and just expect more and more. I hear it's very expensive to live in California, the coast that is. I couldn't do it. I hear people have left California in droves for Texas and Arizona and other States and this was before Covid.

[@TEAM6USA]

I worked about 14 hours a day and most weekends in around 7 years at Tesla. I always loved cars. Having the opportunity of living and working in California was part of my dream job/life. But I could barely see my family, had no social life and always stressed about my bills. Few weeks ago, Elon Musk (Tesla CEO) got in a single day, a 15 billion dollars increase on his wealth. Not saying he didn't deserve that but about 97% of the people working there, hated their job conditions, worked way more than they suppose to work and never got compensated for any overtime. Always working on impossible deadlines, so we could show up handsome on every Tesla Launch and looking good for his followers and shareholders. Better paying or at least getting paid for working extreme hours, should be a least a way to share the wealth with people who also made his success possible. In the end of the day, his company wasn't an one man company but we got free Redbull at least. Predatory Capitalism doesn't work. And it is turning Capitalism into Socialism. I never seen so many small business or workers, seeking for social programs or Government help as we see now. Difference between classes are growing in alarming rates. And most likely, middle class will be a "thing" of the past. Kind of what we see in documentaries or history books.

[@johnmoore9862]

Well that’s the American dream I hear so much about, the land of the free & home to the brave. 😂.

[@pcarebear1]

I went through a major life event in my late 20s, similar to what everyone is going through w/COVID-19. All I can say is that I never realized how strong I was until I survived that part of life and what I learned prepared me for the pandemic. ****My message to everyone: Stay positive, keep in touch w/loved ones, be kind to yourself, do the best with what you have, and always reevaluate what is important to you (i.e. a Kawasaki motorcycle vs. rental deposit)? *It's going to be okay, you are enough*

[@Chidanandaji]

Published 4 months ago, October 10. Tell me you don't see this happening right now in Canada. "LPC Strategic Committee LeakInboxLPC leaker: On Saturday, October 10, 2020 1:38 PM, Dear Removed: I want to provide you some very important information. I’m a committee member within the Liberal Party of Canada. I sit within several committee groups but the information I am providing is originating from the Strategic Planning committee (which is steered by the PMO). I need to start off by saying that I’m not happy doing this but I have to. As a Canadian and more importantly as a parent who wants a better future not only for my children but for other children as well. The other reason I am doing this is because roughly 30% of the committee members are not pleased with the direction this will take Canada, but our opinions have been ignored and they plan on moving forward toward their goals. They have also made it very clear that nothing will stop the planned outcomes. The road map and aim was set out by the PMO and is as follows: - Phase in secondary lock down restrictions on a rolling basis, starting with major metropolitan areas first and expanding outward. Expected by November 2020. - Rush the acquisition of (or construction of) isolation facilities across every province and territory. Expected by December 2020. - Daily new cases of COVID-19 will surge beyond capacity of testing, including increases in COVID related deaths following the same growth curves. Expected by end of November 2020. - Complete and total secondary lock down (much stricter than the first and second rolling phase restrictions). Expected by end of December 2020 - early January 2021 - Reform and expansion of the unemployment program to be transitioned into the universal basic income program. Expected by Q1 2021. - Projected COVID-19 mutation and/or co-infection with secondary virus (referred to as COVID-21) leading to a third wave with much higher mortality rate and higher rate of infection. Expected by February 2021. - Daily new cases of COVID-21 hospitalizations and COVID-19 and COVID-21 related deaths will exceed medical care facilities capacity. Expected Q1 - Q2 2021. - Enhanced lock down restrictions (referred to as Third Lock Down) will be implemented. Full travel restrictions will be imposed (including inter-province and inter-city). Expected Q2 2021. - Transitioning of individuals into the universal basic income program. Expected mid Q2 2021. - Projected supply chain break downs, inventory shortages, large economic instability. Expected late Q2 2021. - Deployment of military personnel into major metropolitan areas as well as all major roadways to establish travel checkpoints. Restrict travel and movement. Provide logistical support to the area. Expected by Q3 2021. Along with that provided road map the Strategic Planning committee was asked to design an effective way of transitioning Canadians to meet a unprecedented economic endeavor. One that would change the face of Canada and forever alter the lives of Canadians. What we were told was that in order to offset what was essentially an economic collapse on a international scale, that the federal government was going to offer Canadians a total debt relief. This is how it works: the federal government will offer to eliminate all personal debts (mortgages, loans, credit cards, etc) which all funding will be provided to Canada by the IMF under what will become known as the World Debt Reset program. In exchange for acceptance of this total debt forgiveness the individual would forfeit ownership of any and all property and assets forever. The individual would also have to agree to partake in the COVID-19 and COVID-21 vaccination schedule, which would provide the individual with unrestricted travel and unrestricted living even under a full lock down (through the use of photo identification referred to as Canada’s HealthPass) . Committee members asked who would become the owner of the forfeited property and assets in that scenario and what would happen to lenders or financial institutions, we were simply told “the World Debt Reset program will handle all of the details”. Several committee members also questioned what would happen to individuals if they refused to participate in the World Debt Reset program, or the HealthPass, or the vaccination schedule, and the answer we got was very troubling. Essentially we were told it was our duty to make sure we came up with a plan to ensure that would never happen. We were told it was in the individuals best interest to participate. When several committee members pushed relentlessly to get an answer we were told that those who refused would first live under the lock down restrictions indefinitely. And that over a short period of time as more Canadians transitioned into the debt forgiveness program, the ones who refused to participate would be deemed a public safety risk and would be relocated into isolation facilities. Once in those facilities they would be given two options, participate in the debt forgiveness program and be released, or stay indefinitely in the isolation facility under the classification of a serious public health risk and have all their assets seized. So as you can imagine after hearing all of this it turned into quite the heated discussion and escalated beyond anything I’ve ever witnessed before. In the end it was implied by the PMO that the whole agenda will move forward no matter who agrees with it or not. That it wont just be Canada but in fact all nations will have similar roadmaps and agendas. That we need to take advantage of the situations before us to promote change on a grander scale for the betterment of everyone. The members who were opposed and ones who brought up key issues that would arise from such a thing were completely ignored. Our opinions and concerns were ignored. We were simply told to just do it. All I know is that I don’t like it and I think its going to place Canadians into a dark future." Vancouver, Canada

[@sharonallen5252]

One thing this pandemic has done is to let a lot of us know we need to save our money when we are working

[@samdunn2077]

Stupid comment

[@debbieframpton3857]

@@samdunn2077 , Why is this a stupid comment? Many Americans are in debt from using charge cards buying stuff they could have lived without buying larger and more expensive houses than they needed and we're just hanging on before the pandemic which has made things worse. Once people get back to work they need do not go back to their old ways of spending and start saving.

[@timofte566]

This is the best answer you give. CONGRATULATION BRO. AND SIS.!!!

[@siyabongamchunu4342]

I was quite curious to see what poverty means in the first world...

[@kemibello6812]

😂😂

[@calderarecords]

I think you've just shown up a lot of very self-centered white privileged victims of their own culture of rapacity, nationalism, monomania, & mindless consumption. Thank you for your perspective.

[@DXmYb]

It's a joke Uk relative poverty line is 60% of median wage. That equates to £18k, I happily live on much less (no kids ) £18k you could literally eat steak for every meal of the year😂

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

I know, all these ppl are just the idiots the step over, REAL, POOR, HOMELESS britons, on the street.

[@danieloliver4558]

🤣

[@Arya-cf7vu]

Clicked on this because I thought it was about poverty in Britain. All of the featured people earned more than I could ever hope to, and I have a degree and been working for over 25 years in an office job and am a single mum. The people featured are nowhere near poverty. Just very bad cash flow problem until they get back into employment or downsize if it comes to the crunch.

[@jaggaj-nq5jb]

Well said

[@stevenjackson6383]

Very well said!!

[@phil.f.9930]

What employment.? Will they find.It's being killed of faster than the virus. Lock downs dont work at killing a virus . It kills business only.

[@Scarz3ny]

Thats what i was thinking bunch of middle class yuppies who are probably still financially propped up by their parents

[@MariaLopez-hc2nm]

Earned a lot, over 15 years ..living above their means..i mean, what did they Do with £££?? Common sense , heard about saving for a rainy day? Well it's a hurricane! Now..pityful situations

[@javs9324]

Meanwhile, the Government is enjoying their cushy salaries and Hancock is spending 50k on takeaways.

[@johnmoore9862]

Don’t forget their inflation busting pay rises & gold plated pension pots.

[@SamuelBlack84]

If I could get rich at someone else's expense I would do it in a heartbeat.

[@G4RY1159]

And BOJO's Mrs has such expensive taste in wallpaper Nothing changes

[@Ava-cy6qw]

when big men feel like crying, one knows it has come to something really bad..

[@Chidanandaji]

Catherine Austin Fitts discusses how covid lockdowns are being used as a tool for a financial coup d'etat prepareforchange.net/2021/01/02/planet-lockdown-catherine-austin-fitts/comment-page-1/?unapproved=251173&moderation-hash=cfcdbdc5460dc27599528821122f8f96#comment-251173

[@zainabfarooq9468]

Totaly agree. When a big man crys, you know somerts up

[@Khryptic]

the designed removal of the middle class. Its been on the card for years.

[@benm4290]

A lot of them the same sort that sneer and turn their noses up at Peter the bricklayer when he's out of work because it's way cheaper to employ Petrov and hardly anyone wants to pay Peter fairly.

[@alvinfrazier4152]

Wow. That says it all. When times are hard just be the best person you can be.

[@militsalambreva2656]

This video hit me so hard emotionally. Probably the people who are still supporting the lockdown should see that.

[@Truth_Make_You_Free]

They like seeing this. Thats their plan all along.

[@waitin4u358]

Same here in Japan too. My salary is 45%of 2019 in 2020.and still everything is so uncertain.anytime i can loose my job.

[@skashax777x]

The system has always been fragile, however more people especially the middleclass are now seeing just how fragile the system can be

[@cooldesertknight9013]

By the looks of it, contemporary middle class will be cut in half by the end of next year!

[@tipwo6921]

i felt so sad watching this, one thing is for sure, at school we dont get taught how to budget/save money. Although i do think no one ever thought this woild happen. I hope we all pull through :(

[@MsPeabody1231]

That's what your parents are for.

[@HS-fm9kv]

Also helps if your outgoings are less than your income.... ie paid a living wage so you can save.....

[@radomu1]

​@@MsPeabody1231 If schools don't teach this to everyone, it means most parents probably don't know how to save money themselves.

[@bullrider9617]

People of this generation spend recklessly these days !! Fancy lifestyle and fancy parties ,when things go wrong they dont have a dime to live on !!

[@tpower1912]

@Ryosuke Yokoe Figure it out you fool. Doesn't take a genius to know what savings are

[@sithukyaw9019]

My mum always said save as much as you can as you will never know what will happen. Those people have too many unnecessary stuffs in their houses. They still are living much better than third world nations where no help is available

[@roxstix]

People who are getting paid by your taxes are telling you not to work and just stay home and obey.

[@trildi]

£50k and £80k salaries and they are poor? Is this for real?

[@occidentalexplorer1125]

I am 49 and I was making 40k a year which is not much! I have my own apt in Bath, always had food on the table, and traveled. Now I get my food from local charities if they have any thing left, but its just one bag of food that lasts maybe a week. When I see families and elderly people I wait and allow them to go first! Doing that, sometimes I don't get any food. My savings is almost gone and my food shelves are at the bare minimum. I am about to lose my home of 15 years due these BS lockdowns! This is a Chinese Communist, WHO, DHS and Politically enforced poverty. More people have died due these draconian laws than from this trumped up "Covid' aka (Wuhan Virus). It's time to stand up against these forced lockdowns and take our lives back by force.

[@MsPeabody1231]

People with permanent jobs use up their full salary to fund their lifestyle. I've been self employed since 2007 and learnt due to a recession to spend he minimum amount possible.

[@Sophia-bf5wm]

@@occidentalexplorer1125 no. Brit in Sweden here. The uk government did this. Do not scapegoat others. Swedes keep asking me wtf...and it’s doing my head in lol. You guys ain’t even had brexit yet... I really do despair of this poor old blighty

[@Sophia-bf5wm]

@@MsPeabody1231 exactly

[@toonarmy3870]

@@Sophia-bf5wm Quite. Zika (Brazil), MERS (ME), Ebola (Congo), Foot and Mouth (good ol blighty), Swine flu (US farms in Mexico), Spanish flu (Kansas), measles, polio, HIV, etc etc. Taiwan has had 200 cv19 cases this entire time. Vietnam had zero deaths. It didn't have to be this way. This is what happens when exceptionalism meets hubris

[@martybodrogi5344]

These people are not in poverty in these lavish homes.... try & widen your perspective channel 4

[@jblasutavario9549]

Loans

[@presidentfist2787]

That was the point. Even people bringing in 10000s are a few months away from losing it all.

[@essentialone3934]

@videos It should happen to you Mr No Empathy!

[@anyatranter3984]

The point was to show how close seemingly comfortable people an suddenlyind themselves losing it all and joining the ranks of the underclass.its important to make the middle class Tory (probably) voters realise they are no special r morallysuperior they too can become the great unwashed under the rules of the system they lived by.Capitalism.Covid is a tool to bring in the Fourth industrial revolution etc.these people will be unwanted and superfluous along with 2 thirds of the earth's people.the technocra cy want robots to replace us messy organics

[@cryptocrusader6078]

Bank owned you mean

[@alicewestbury4817]

I would have thought that the man at the end of the video would have owned his own house after thirty years in the construction business.!!!

[@AthynVixen]

also while I am still sympathetic to him does he really need that expensive yuppie flat in London? Looks like it's just him so even though he shouldnt need to, why can't he find somewhere more suitable and affordable?

[@zainabfarooq9468]

Yeah same here, i thought what the F***. I THOUGHT HE wouldd have owned his own home

[@michaelpost7352]

He didn't start at the top, he worked his way up.

[@zainabfarooq9468]

@@michaelpost7352 even more reason to have saved etc

[@alicewestbury4817]

Michael Post Then he should have known how important it is to own your roof over your head, when you rent a property you have no power and you are subject to any changes a landlord makes, some people have no choice but he had thirty years to have it Sussed !!! Come on it's looks great on his glass balcony overlooking the city BUT ITS NOT HIS.

[@julielunn7916]

I've had enough. In debt and Council on at me all the time for the rent. I pay £300 per month out of my £750 furlough pay. But that isn't good enough the Council want £358 and I cannot manage that. I care for mum who is 80 yrs old and she needs me every day. I'm slipping away day by day, just can't take the pressure EVERY SINGLE DAY. 55 yrs old and It's very hard to find a job that fits in with my mum's care. No light at the end .

[@timofte566]

In USA pay rent for studio $3000.not even one bedroom apartments.

[@ibraheemahmedahmed8951]

This Christmas we should reflect on what we had and the future

[@memvanas1983]

Yes just so everyone can really dip deep down in to depression.

[@MariA-bu2jv]

Im afraid, reflection wont cut it. Action is required.

[@cooldesertknight9013]

I'm afraid it'd just be reflecting on what we had! As for reflecting on the future, well,.....not so sure! Best of luck, everyone. May God help us all. Amen.

[@governmentnameunknown8960]

50k a year is far from poverty

[@DXmYb]

£50k after tax = £37k Anyone (edit: earning 50k no responsibilities) could easily save £17k per year

[@thvtsydneylyf3th077]

I know, all these ppl are just the idiots the step over, REAL, POOR, HOMELESS britons, on the street.

[@essentialone3934]

How do you know if he was in debt from School loans, or helping a parent or family member financially. You don't personally know him, do you?

[@DXmYb]

@@essentialone3934 oh dear. His student loan repayments would be a £3,000 a year. The remaining amount is enough for a few people to live on. Maybe he had an iphone to pay for, a financed luxury watch, brand new beamer ...

[@naomiwilliams8850]

@@essentialone3934 university debt in the UK is very different to that in the US.

[@josefrancis5896]

I just got into bitcoin trade few weeks ago and i already made more than $12,500. I wish I knew about this earlier, i would have been a new millionaire by now

[@angelpedro1145]

Bitcoin is really profitable when you invest with a professional broker

[@marcoenrique6092]

Most time having knowledge or insight about a particular activity can as well be a pleasing exercise. I can boldly say that forex and crypto trading is one of the profitable money exchange services that elevates investors and their financial status.

[@alexbrandon9956]

@@marcoenrique6092 That's true most people today have been having a lot of failures in forex and crypto sector because of poor orientation and bad experts

[@victorfinlayson8149]

I've been making some few loses, can you please introduce me to your broker?

[@josefrancis5896]

@@victorfinlayson8149 I trade with expert olivia tracy, her strategies are out of this world

[@absolutelynot6086]

Middle class problems. What about the people that are absolutely desperate.

[@victoriah9421]

There's been coverage about the destitute in the media too. What this is showing is how the middle class are being pushed into poverty.

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

What a devastating video! I work in retail, in a foodhall so at the moment, I have a job - not high flying, not highly paid, but it's a job! My heart goes out to these people because I've been in their situation, no job, no money and it's tough!

[@tommasovasta8323]

Same for me. I work in high-end retail. Specifically I work for an italian fashion brand at Bicester Village. I still have a job at the moment but I am not optimistic about what will happen after the end of the fourlough in april. "Fortunately" I don't have kids...

[@rhyfelwrDuw]

@@tommasovasta8323 I hope you are OK - it's a worrying situation to be in. There are whispers that there may be redundancies in the company I work for, so despite it being foods, it's still precarious! Take care.

[@tommasovasta8323]

@@rhyfelwrDuw I am ok. Despite others, I have enough savings to carry on one year (less or more). However, I don't have great hopes for the next future: honestly, luxury retail isn't the first priority for sure. So, a lot of redudancies are definitley probable. The problem is that a considerable numbers of people work in high-end. Take London (or Paris, Milan, New York and so on): Harrods, Fortnum&Mason, Selfridges, Westfield. Plus hospitalities, restaraunts, entertainment. All sectors considered not essential at the moment. All sectors for rich and superficial spenders or tourists. They are but they move a huge amount of money paying taxes and giving jobs.

[@tonyparkin3379]

My dad said paying with savings is old school. Just put it on tick like the 80's. Youngsters today in poverty with A class mercedes, macbooks and $5,000 dogs.

[@rebeccaparker9703]

It makes me so mad when people moan to me about money then they drive round in brand new cars! That’s not skint that’s just poor money management! Plus if you lose your job, you’ll likely lose you car and then won’t have a car to apply for another job!

[@singingstars5006]

I don't know if you are Americans (I am an American), but in Europe, or Germany at least, it's so cheap to lease a car that most people don't buy cars. They lease cars. So people drive around in expensive cars that they don't pay much for. It's not cost effective here to buy a car because the emissions and other government standards make so you almost need a more modern car because older cars are too expensive to maintain at high enough levels when it's time for inspections. It's not like in America where you buy your car, pay it off, take care of it, and drive it till it drops. That's what my folks always did and still do. I was really shocked to find out that you don't ever get rid of your car payment in Germany. And my German husband was stunned by all the old cars in America, like in Russia. So you can't assume in Europe that someone is being money stupid by their car the way you can in America.

[@honestreviews7185]

How? I see everyone wearing branded shoes but I would never even buy any of those things

[@kirbi888]

problem is everything is debt, monthly payments. Suddenly your not working and can't make those payments

[@lalaland2298]

Life is hard enough just by breathing each day and this is just too depressing like we all have a grim reaper shadowing us waiting.....

[@DylanM333]

exactly been having thoughts of going into the garage and noosing myself lately...

[@hrishikeshdeore5727]

@@DylanM333 every second.

[@DylanM333]

@@hrishikeshdeore5727 try to find some cannabis or magic mushrooms brother it helped my mental health

[@DylanM333]

@@hrishikeshdeore5727 you can see life from a different perspective on these

[@Tinywars]

This comment section is golden.

[@briopalumpus8676]

from 7k a month to 360 a month, thats a real blow,

[@therange4033]

In a way, I was LUCKY, choosing to get out when I saw the signs of a massive decline. I lost a 4 bed, large house and have ended up in a (lovely!) 2 bed maisonette, away from my home, where I can afford the rent because its Housing Association. It's less than £400/month when open market, private rents are £650 for the same place. I had to move miles to get it but I could. HOW are people going to cope now? No job, no money for a mortgage, being kicked out for lack of payments and nowhere to go? A family to feed and benefits take forever to process, and what about a roof to live under? A B&B. 4/5 in one room. Fighting against all the others without a home! It's all in the plan and it stinks.

[@David-og7di]

There is no plan. You just do the best you can and it is never fun. My grandad was in WW2 in Egypt and Italy. He had good command and made it home. He didn't worry about a lot after experiencing that.

[@Kitiwake]

Its pretty shocking when life is reduced to a hunt for money

[@chocksaway100]

Hang on you have had several years both earning a combined income of at least...what 80k and you have no savings to scrape by on.

[@mikesweeney651]

Hopefully this pandemic will teach people to save and to have (as the old saying goes) have something for a rainy day.

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

And the guy at the end is playing the victim card about being worried about becoming homeless... when his income stopped months ago and he continued to live in an extremely fancy rental rather then downsize to something cheaper. Also he owns a 5k bike...even in London that’s 10 months rent.

[@mikesweeney651]

@@Bringon-dw8dx God knows how much rent he’s paying for that apartment!!!

[@TypicallyHuman]

@@mikesweeney651 rainy year?

[@Skibbitypappappa]

Yeah not gonna lie it was my first thought...

[@KingFahtah]

Talk to homeless people. I dare say things haven't changed that much for them. Maybe they will cope better.

[@KingFahtah]

@Reptilian Shapeshifter Sadly that seems likely.

[@seankhmersight4854]

For goodness sake, let’s get together and help out our neighbours who may be facing hardships this Christmas,,,,

[@colinfleetham8190]

Sight Khmer absaloutely I'll make sure to send my neighbours some x mas food merry x mas 😁

[@danieloliver4558]

If you really want to help take your mask off get on the streets and overturn these restrictions by force this will not stop until there is mass disobedience. There’s so many ways we could stop all the restrictions within days but the average Briton is to cowardly to fight for his rights. Those same rights are forefathers died for

[@danieloliver4558]

Of not out

[@DonJuanDM]

@@danieloliver4558 Sadly, that's true. When enough men have been suppressed to lose everything, they will have nothing else to lose, law will mean nothing to them. Governments are pushing more and more people crossing that line everyday.

[@gatoloco1873]

Stop to complain. The people in third world always lived like this an you don't see them crying for that.. Welcome to the real world.

[@StarLight-sl9ok]

First world problems lol

[@theodoralazy1941]

UK is not a third world country mate. Also you shouldn’t expect everyone to turn into a theirs world country just because some countries are still considered third world countries. You should aim to help out those countries in order for them to get better infrastructures etc.

[@nevaehb.4371]

The dog is so adorable. I hope everything gets better soon for this beautiful family.

[@opelcambo]

Why do you need a documentary for this. The poverty is exactly just one part of their agenda.

[@cb9809]

@mathIsART get help

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@cb9809 We will have help from millions of discontent and hungry people. You better run, little man ;)

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

This doc is part of the programming.its to get ppl used to it subconciously.were just one big milgram experiment right now

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

Notice as well they keep using the phrase GREAT LEAP FORWARD in msm.where have u heard that before

[@pbplauralfilms]

It's not a documentary. It's a VT from a news channel

[@mushy111]

I'm a flight attendant. How I still have a job astounds me! Luckily I'm already just about mortgage free coz I'm a freak with my cash ;-)

[@IbnShahid]

Good luck. Really hope your industry recovers in 2021.

[@colleenbrown92]

Good on you not all attendants were able to keep their job we had s lady start at my job I felt so sorry for her.

[@mushy111]

@@colleenbrown92 Yes over 7,000 were fired from my airline.

[@TheOsmanly]

@@mushy111 i am so terribly sorry this covid19 is a huge curse

[@mizzymsp]

you must be great or experienced at your job

[@xismecwilliams9604]

Please remember that this is a global thing not just uk. I spoke to my friend in Canada businesses are failing even her own she’s having to close up shop. So stop thinking this is just the UK when it’s worldwide. We faced the same issues if not worse back during the world wars and we pulled through it.

[@liamwalker206]

Where in the video did it say it’s only happening in the UK? This is a British news channel covering what’s happening here, pretty sure most people know it’s just as bad or even worse in other countries.

[@simpslayer7839]

I thought voting for Borris Johnson this would not happen. Him and his party let England down

[@saynotothegreatreset]

It'd happen for anyone you voted this bs has been planned in a very long time .

[@simpslayer7839]

@@saynotothegreatreset very fair point

[@LeilaLamb]

Voting Tory was never going to do anyone any favours.

[@simpslayer7839]

@@LeilaLamb I don’t know the parties in the UK, but I’m conservative i Boris is kinda lowkey conservative too. So I was happy for UK voting for him and his party, but saddened by his party decision to repeatedly put UK in lockdown. Man the destruction is bad and it seems like they are clamping down harder

[@adriankearney4850]

what brois had one job to get brexit through and he would ride off into the sun set rich , his problem was the virus came and fucked everthing . but now brris got done what the elite wanted he does not care of peasents like you and me

[@jakepavlo91]

Don't sell your bike bro :'( that guy has just broke my heart

[@laurajeanbotha5321]

We have Exactly the Same Situation in South Africa 🇿🇦. We were on 4 Months Level 5 Harsh Lockdown. Only Black Owned Companies & Black People were assisted Financially, NO Whites. Hundreds of Businesses owned by Whites had to Close after Decades of being in Business, & most probably had 80% Black Staff Members. We now have 60% Unemployment, Millions Starving. At the beginning of Level 5 ONLY 250,000 Food Parcels were given to Destitute Blacks, NO Whites. Thousands were stolen by ANC Officials for their own Families, or they sold them. Sick sick sick!!! We have just started our 2nd Wave. We are still on Level 1, but ½ the Beaches in the country have been closed during our Main Holiday of the year, because of the Spike in Numbers in those areas. Fortunately our Local Beaches in our Province are Open for this Holiday except on Public Holidays like today, over Christmas & New Year. Times are Very Tough here especially because of all the Corruption in Government which has left SA Bankrupt. Even Overseas Relief Funds have been Stolen. In our Province the Money Allocated for Extra Hospital Beds & Personal Protection Equipment has Disappeared. My Husband's Pension reduces by R2,000 a year & we just can't live anymore. I hope other World Countries Assist ALL Citizens & NOT just Blacks

[@aquajuwel7098]

This makes me so sad, so many people are struggling now. I feel privileged to still have a good job and salary, I will urge everyone who have money to help as much as you can as a volunteer, give money, ask people how they are doing and how you can help. I am a volunteer at the Salvation Army now and it feels so good to do something to help.....

[@timofte566]

Agua You are an angel your changing me at my 80 to help other and I have right arm brocken in 3 places hard to move and I still struggle with pain and doing things.We do do it from long ago.I canning a depressed friend in EU who got struck by helping her sick husband who passed she is in third floor without elevator .I keep encourage her not to commit suicidal act.Thank you for been my inspirations.

[@angelinimartini]

If we are expected to stay home, freeze the rents and mortgages, send out stimulus for groceries and necessities, freeze the taxes and stuff for the landlords. You need to freeze certain things if you expect people to stay home to give the healthcare workers a break. They’re exhausted too.

[@elijahgregg4412]

It is truly evil what the state has done to indaviduals.

[@andyvaid69]

Blame game

[@andyvaid69]

@Johan Windstar lol ya dad loves it

[@themcrcharlotte6587]

My heart goes out to all these people. Covid has a much bigger impact then we all know.

[@BLAZINGINGPHOENIX]

It's not covid that's causing it it's the goverments willingness to lockdown and fine businesses £10k if they stay open

[@themcrcharlotte6587]

@@BLAZINGINGPHOENIX Exactly, causing people to have to be put on furlough which is only going to push the country in more debt.

[@cooldesertknight9013]

We really got to find ways to make that "country" responsible for all this shayt pay retribution and damages!

[@UKSpearo]

Lost his 80k/yr and he's upset, boohoo... should have been smart with all that money and put some away. Where I live in the UK you could buy a house for that and still have change. These people don't know the meaning of being poor. Try living on 10k a year and supporting a family, or even less in many people's cases.

[@UKSpearo]

@INDIANFCKING ALLTHEWHITEGIRLS not my income buddy, I just know a few people who are in that situation.

[@fuzzy5987]

If he's a pilot it costs over £100k to qualify, that takes some time to pay off

[@Xideonus]

@@fuzzy5987 probably cheating on his wife spending his money on all his other girlfriends. Pilots never have money but make the most money on the job. Lol

[@annamc6367]

A house for less than 80k? where do you live?, also I highly doubt you can support a family on 10k, people on benefits have their rent paid and child benefits to supplement JSA etc.

[@toekneekerching9543]

@@annamc6367 I think the big question is where do YOU live? You can get a house for that and less in most parts of the country, theres a 5 bedroom going for 75k where i live in Liverpool.

[@thecelticwolf8642]

In my humble opinion, I think this is just the start.

[@tommasovasta8323]

Unfortunately I think the same. The next future will be drammatic.

[@normasnockers323]

Im a professional engineer, I do seismic calulations to protect refineries and chemical plants... no work for last 4 years, last of my savings gone, no money to pay bills. Cold and Hungry, I feel nothing for anything. Time to go.

[@camillecali2]

How can he not be qualified for a delivery job. He looks young healthy and strong. Geez what is wrong with employers give that man a job

[@logothaironsides2942]

might be he cant drive the right sort of vehicle on his license. If you passed your driving test in UK after a certain date, there are more restrictions on size of vehicle.

[@abc33944]

Those big companies dhl .. dpd their Insurers specify drivers having at least 1 years industrial experience

[@straighttalk7711]

Poverty is when you live in a tent, no wealth, no food and no money. These people are just are going through some comfort changes no way near to poverty.

[@satsumamoon]

Please wait till youre older, more experienced in life and wiser before commenting on such social issues.

[@kennethwood9025]

Need to take a little walk around Seattle or LA and see the thousands of folks living in boxes and tents. Most can't remember the last time they washed and are embarrassed of how they smell. Their clothes are covered in human excrement and insects. Soup kitchens provide their food and clinics provide their needles to fuel their drug habit. That's poverty and the sad thing is that our governents AND wealthy elites ignore it. Some of these folks are ok with this way of life, many are not. Many have mental issues but they all have one thing in common, they're all fellow human beings and deserve a "RESET".

[@straighttalk7711]

@@kennethwood9025 can’t agree with you more . The ills of secularism

[@straighttalk7711]

@@satsumamoon I’m not a teenager who has no life experiences commenting on such issues. I’ve been through financial difficulties, have had my house repossessed, suffered from depression, been through a divorce, lived in a shelter home, loss my income and separated from my children. does that qualify....

[@nelinho1981]

It’s all part of the plan for what is to come! Pray hard people!

[@donaloneill5363]

Big foot is real !

[@Kaiyats]

Preying wont save you guns will

[@tjsleiman]

This video is humbling. Thanks for sharing🙏. Best wishes to everyone.

[@munhl]

It just goes to show even people with decent salaries live payday to payday and don't save as much as they should.

[@BatCountryAdventures]

@Human RealmAre you talking about the low interest rate so it wouldn't be worthwhile to save because any savings will be crushed? Yeah... Maybe there is a sense in that... Like I have said to my friend - formal British education to the general public doesn't really teach you the most important essence of the economy and some of the most important things to living in a modern society. It doesn't teach you the financial vehicles available, how to pay (or avoid) tax, how fractional lending works, WHY there is an inflation, what are good and bad liabilities. Nor does it tell you what money and CAPITALism really are. It's not only to put a few pounds aside. You have to invest your money and turn that into a capital that works and earn for you! Some people will always look for the lifestyle they want and then make excuses so they could revolve their money around their lifestyle. Unfortunately, reality will always does its own things and all that truly mattered all along was their capitals. Yes... Money is just a unit of account to represent energy and other resources but they are categorised into positives and negatives. Cycles or dead ends. A car can be used to make even more money or it can be consumed and depreciate. I know this sounds silly but I consider my investments as my "avatar" in a financial sense - Pokémons if you will. Unless, it is capable of earning as much as me, then I need to live even MORE frugally to "feed" more into the avatar so they could evolve and level up. Unless I have a capital that serve me, then I will have to BE the the capital and use my time, energy and skill to survive. And the truth is that I am not worth a lot in the grand scheme of things. It doesn't mean I have led a boring life neither. I only lived frugally during the start of my career when I accumulated my first cache of munition. Once the dough is in the oven and the gas is on, I was able to adjust my lifestyle accordingly. Unless people start looking at and understand the rules, they are very likely to lose the game.

[@chrishart8548]

Depends what they value. Some people value good food a good body and spending quality time with family. Some people avoid all this and hoard piles of cash and have no friends and poor health.

[@BatCountryAdventures]

@Human Realm Yes, the Rutherford Experiment proved that solid as we perceive it is really mostly empty space. Time is fluid depending on your frame of reference compare to speed of light, BUT a more diluted portrayal of reality like Classical Newtonian Physics is still taught because they are relevant and useful. English and geography are man-made concepts and they are taught to students. The point is that there are some elementary knowledge and skills that is VITAL to maintain the freedom of the individuals and long term prosperity of a collective, like personal finance management, that is not taught to all the students. You can maintain a philosophy ground on what education should be, but is it really preparing the young people in navigating society properly?

[@BatCountryAdventures]

@@chrishart8548 Do you mean people who want wealth tends to be people who work too hard and have no time for exercise and social life? Except you can work less but at the same time achieve financial independence by knowing just a little bit about the system. Simple things like compounding interest. And there is nothing more threatening to health and social life than being in destitute.

[@BatCountryAdventures]

@oof the truth No only that. In the worse case, some 40K-a-year people are spending MORE than 40K! They are somehow using their lifestyle as core then revolve their finance around it. They are getting into bad debts on credit card and car loans. And here's the thing... Even if the 40K people are spend far below and are keeping some aside, their savings will still be crushed by low interest compare to inflations. THIS is the con of the century!

[@dp0004]

This is hard. Survival is the way. This is possible, but it takes practice. Good luck survivors.

[@madeleine7411]

My heart went out to all these lovely hard-working people. I sincerely hope they all survived Covid and economic hardships.

[@Pavfixers]

once in life, I'm happy I have no kids no girlfriend no responsibilities. Wish all people who struggle keep heads up hope government helps us all!

[@timofte566]

Rgfjhh,don't even try to counting on govt.Do ever you can not to need them.If you want not to be 😞 disappointed.Good luck to U.God bless!!

[@itskleoxo]

this is titled wrong it should be when middle income earners don't want to use their savings or have a change in lifestyle I get why she's wearing makeup keeping up her self care. the man on 80k did not make any savings ? really and the one with all the equipment should sell some of it for his kids if there really near the line and go on benefits if you must.

[@misschachanaomi]

Absolutely, I complete agree!

[@evalon9129]

Agree

[@ciarajones4970]

Exactly, the father in the first clip should have a job, there are plenty of warehouse jobs

[@tammyhead3882]

"The Views are still the same- but I see it differently now..."- AMEN BROTHER!!

[@celiad6012]

Don’t get rid of the bike. That could be your escape when the road blocks go up to prevent us leaving our neighbourhoods

[@frusciantesplectrum7980]

Big shout out to those of you who didn’t spend money on high finance cars, didn’t get a bigger house than needed and have always accumulated savings.

[@torosalvajebcn]

you are an idiot. This affects everybody, everywhere.

[@frusciantesplectrum7980]

@@torosalvajebcn I guess that hit a nerve. Ha

[@torosalvajebcn]

@@frusciantesplectrum7980 nah, you still an idiot.

[@zainabfarooq9468]

Hits definatly hit everyone. Without a doubt. Savers, mortgage free people, (probably not as much as others) renters etc.

[@carlevins1302]

hows that savings of yours holding up? You saved an entire year worth of expenses? Where's that all now? Or you're a trust fund baby and "saved" your money. Not everybody makes enough to even have a savings, even living in practical squalor, and this has royally fucked many people. Big shout out to the total dickheads who think like this guy!

[@lskipski5023]

Many people living beyond their means and it takes a hiccup to send them into poverty.

[@jsc2606]

That is not very kind. Often people were working 2 jobs just to live. House prices and rent are very high and bills have soared in recent years together with food. Even with savings most could not forsee the best part of a year with zero income. The government caused this and are not behaving in a proper manner. Like alot of people I didn't qualify for any furlough but have been lucky in surviving just. The mental impact is what we should worry about not just on those who lost their jobs but the children whose future is precarious right now.

[@Enochthegreat71]

Agreed, not very kind at all! neither is debt feel bad for all these people trying to get ahead things will get better.

[@herbert264]

Having your income slashed by 80 or 90 percent is some hiccup.

[@Enochthegreat71]

@@herbert264 bit more than hiccup more like spewing! might lose house and fancy car too with sleepless nights..

[@georgie8079]

This breaks my heart to watch. It’s like replacing one evil with another.

[@farrahkhalid9138]

Bless the 2 healthcare workers doing what they’ve gotta do.

[@coronavirustheatreclub982]

I am one of them. Thank you

[@coronavirustheatreclub982]

@Peter file yes mate. Limp and bald as the day is long. If you like.

[@_Viking]

This is not poverty. It's people having less income than usual. Poverty is when you have no home and have to sleep in the streets.

[@divinedragons1761]

They should go to Sudan or Syria to know what poverty is

[@divinedragons1761]

@@davewatson5817 I've been to Cambodia and stayed in koh pen village...outsiders have absolutely no idea what they go through

[@divinedragons1761]

Cambodians usually have smiling face I know a family there who lost all family members during Khmer Rouge with what little land they ve they are living on it. Don't get confused with poverty and less income. First world people will never never get it

[@Bringon-dw8dx]

Amen. The guys is worried about homelessness when he’s living in a top end apartment with a 5k motorbike, surrounded by flat screen TV’s... not poverty

[@fredlast4547]

Welcome to The Great Reset courtesy of Prince Charles.

[@andyvaid69]

Lol u TARD!! At what let are they going to"reset"????

[@lomestaruk21]

@@andyvaid69 check The World Economic Forum Plan all you need to know is on the website

[@andyvaid69]

@@lomestaruk21 man u need to get out more! Turn it off

[@lomestaruk21]

@@andyvaid69 77 brigade? Or 13th Signals?

[@andyvaid69]

@@lomestaruk21 looooooool u brainwashed taaaaaaard

[@befree9579]

What i learnt from this is people didn't have more than 1 years living costs saved up. Reality check, prepare for the worst.

[@edercortes1960]

Bro I’m taking my savings seriously I don’t joke around anymore. If there’s one thing I’m thankful about the pandemic is it has made me realize how much money I spend on stupid stuff i would not need anymore

[@shannon2748]

Even if they did, you'd be surprised how quickly savings can go.

[@jip230]

Not many people can realistically save one year of expenses in a savings account somewhere. People are very luck if they can get 6-8 months savings. Most middle class are living paycheck to paycheck and something like COVID comes and completely wipes everything out. These people's stories are heart breaking. I wonder how some of these people will recover

[@Pearlpablo]

@@jip230 do you mean working class?

[@marywood8794]

I live in Massachusetts and only earn $14.05 an hour! What savings? If I could afford to save money I would. Every time I have money saved something comes up like a car repair and I'm wiped out again. Today I had to order propane to heat my home. It's $500 to fill my tanks. Here we go again!