Coronavirus In New Jersey: State Closing Casinos, Restaurants, Movie Theaters Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

cbs ^ | 3/16/2020 | cbs

[RummyChick]

briefly skimming that michigan article seems like a lot of conflicting issues as it pertains to money with Indian casinos

So far..some closing some not.

Those that arent closing will see a boon in business.

Will be interesting to see what happens in Oklahoma

[yldstrk]

My kids all work in different states.

[Svartalfiar]

With all these states shutting down businesses and events, how long before those states start complaining about the lack of revenue coming in to their Treasuries?

And what remedy will they demand?

Well, considering that forcing a business to close for a certain amount of time is essentially a subset of eminent domain, whichever entity (city, State) is forcing the closures should be responsible for providing appropriate compensation for such action.

And it's not just those businesses. What about all their employees? I would assume my above statement would apply to payroll, but how does that work out for part-timers or freelance/contractors? Any suppliers are going to be a gray area for recompense. What happens to all the businesses that aren't force-closed, but depend on the ones that are? Delivery truckers, food/beverage/beer distributors and wholesalers, farmers, etc etc? I know we don't like Hollywood around here, but force-closing theatres hits all of them indirectly also. Surprised they aren't complaining about this.

[Svartalfiar]

The CEOs, instead of begging for handouts should be thanking their lucky stars they won’t be getting sued for having virus infected places of businesses and products.

True. Much better for them to be forced to close their business, instead of maybe having someone get sick. Any legitimate judge would throw out such a lawsuit immediately, unless they complainant can show they tried to get people sick. Just being open doesn't meet that.

Oh, and how many small businesses can afford to be closed for a week? How many people can afford to not get paid for a paycheck? Much less two, three, eight, ten weeks? More? Who knows how long this'll last? If this closure goes longer than a week or two, You'll likely see 50%+ of small, non-chain restaurants (and other businesses) close permanently, unless they get some kind of free$$ relief that FedGov should NOT be handing out. See my post above on compensation.