[Jan_Sobieski]

Small business failure rates have always been brutal

I don’t think this is the case, but are you suggesting government shutdowns of small businesses, but not mega corporations, is somehow justified given the high failure rate of small businesses.

[cgbg]

In our area there were many small businesses that had been in business for decades that had to shut down permanently—there was definitely nothing “normal” about 2020.

[budj]

My comment had a link (https://www.national.biz/2019-small-business-failure-rate-startup-statistics-industry/) which shows the failure rates.

Small businesses have always had high failure rates, typically financial mis-management. The article would have been better if it had more thoroughly analyzed the various reasons. I didn’t justify the government doing anything.