SING IT! Van Morrison has an important reminder about 'those who are shutting down our economy'

Of all the public officials who have called for businesses to shut down these past several months (often via arbitrary and nonsensical orders) and expect those hardest hit to make-do with a few hundred dollars in stimulus payments, musician Van Morrison has noticed they all have something in common with each other and nothing with many others:

Remember, those who are shutting down our economy haven't missed a paycheck since lockdown began. We are not in this together.

— Van Morrison (@vanmorrison) December 21, 2020

That point certainly hasn’t escaped the attention of many.

We need more people to speak out https://t.co/qFbM0eMsnD

— Demo2020cracy (@Demo2020cracy) December 21, 2020

This ?? https://t.co/HnIkJa6fiz

— Orange1?? (@Orangezipple1) December 21, 2020

We are not in this together. You are being told to believe the opposite of what your eyes see. https://t.co/6Tt6CgHolw

— PlayClayTronics (@PlayClayTronics) December 21, 2020

we can't be "together" when we label people and their life work as "non-essential"

— Skunkape (@INomad09) December 21, 2020

Especially when it’s some people who seem to have the most “non-essential” jobs getting paid to decide what’s essential and what isn’t.