(03-21-2020, 07:51 AM)Mick Wrote: It's because everyone who runs a business is desperately trying to hold onto their business, feed themselves and feed their employees. It's why nail salons stay open until the police tell them to shut down. Two months off, and those businesses vanish, along with the life savings of the owners and the salaries of their employees. Apparently some people find that difficult to understand.
Probably not applicable to "everyone". The impact undoubtedly varies quite widely among businesses. It isn't good for anybody. That is why I believe the government, Federal, State, and local needs to put in place some system to propagate the losses up the food chain to organizations whose existence in general will not be threatened or can more easily be sustained by intervention (i.e banks).
That said, this situation isn't "fair", and never will be, no matter who does what. Businesses that are not "essential" should, in fact must, (nail salons) shut down. Yes, it sucks. Yes, you may lose your shirt. However, that is part of the social contract. If many people chose not to honor that contract, society fails. In this, there is no "free lunch". It is true society has obligations to the individual. We hear about that all the time, way too much IMHO. However, it works the other way too. Individuals have an obligation to society, even when it is difficult and not evenly distributed. We as a society hear about that way too little, IMHO.