glass throwing from my stone house

I'm fully aware that people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones (tho prefer my title, I feel more ragey than stupid). Wealth is comparative, and I firmly see myself in the category of people who have More Than Enough. This is because I have a whole wardrobe full of more clothes than I could wear in an entire month, I have enough money in my bank account to replace my boiler when it breaks, and last year I was able to take my children away to Belgium for a week. These to me are all signifiers that I'm lucky enough to have a surplus. In the eyes of the state tho, my income is not enough for 4 people to live off and so is topped up by tax credits, and when I look at sliding scales for fees to pay for events, I'm always on the bottom rung.
So in many ways I'm not in a place to talk about greed and priviledge - I could give more than I do to try and redistribute my wealth. I understand and also succumb to that fear of a future-not-having-enough and so rather than give away most of my clothes, or that boiler money, I hold onto it because "I will need it some day". There is some wisdom in this - I'm responsible for the welfare of my children and it would maybe be foolish to keep zero pouinds in my account knowing that there are definite big expenses on the horizon. And so I can relate to that similar pull for others, a desire to accumulate to provide for an uncertain future. And yet, I'm also aware of a sense of frustration with the Conservative rhetoric "we're all in this together" when I hear how its leader may have earned £500,000 by renting out his home since moving into Downing Street (does he have to pay rent to live in Downing street? I presume not!) According to the Independent newspaper's article I was looking at, 39% of Conservative MPs are landlords. Now I don't have anything against landlords per se - we all need to make an income and if that's the job someone chooses that seems fair enough - only in these instances it is making money, on the side, out of the fact that the public is paying for where they actually live.

Some of this indignance undoubtedly springs from my own current situation of insecurity. I was pleased that even at a redundancy meeting there was cake and biscuits. I have an awesome boss. In 2 weeks time it will all be decided so at least it isn't going to be long and drawn out.