NickGulliford

Bailouts: The Moral Imbalance

I can't fault the logic of "the government is bailing out the most irresponsible offenders who put themselves and the economy at the worst risk".

But what about the marital status of those in arrears with their mortgages?

All the evidence I have looked at suggests that cohabiting couples are much more likely to be defaulters than married couples.

If it turns out to be the case that it is the recent and rapid increase in cohabitation which has generated the "irresponsible offenders who put themselves and the economy at the worst risk", what will we say then about the "moral relativism of our collective national view of tragedy and obligation"?