Because most people were unable to work owing to restrictions imposed by the government. It was only right that the government compensates people who are impacted fundamentally by the decisions they make.
You can't just leave people to starve by denying them their right to work. This isn't China!
I agree and would hope that if I had needed help I would have received it as others did. That doesn’t remove the fact that stronger leadership would not have decided to lockdown and therefore avoided the worst of the post pandemic recovery. It has never been clearer than it is now that collective global ideology is ruining our country and the world. It needs to be stopped.