Posted on 07/08/2021 6:31:35 PM PDT by george76
Lockdown proponents across the media are smugly patting themselves on the back, proclaiming that stay-at-home policies didn’t harm the economy. Try telling that to the millions of small-business owners who were irreparably damaged by prolonged and irrational restrictions.
With many big corporations deemed “essential,”
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small businesses struggle to survive. Nearly two-thirds of them are hitting only half or less of their pre-lockdown monthly revenue levels,
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Then there are the businesses that never recovered at all.
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Small business forms the US economy’s backbone, accounting for more than 99 percent of all business entities, and before 2020, around half of growth domestic product and jobs.
And these businesses bore the brunt of lockdowns... 37 percent of small businesses couldn’t pay their rent in full and on time. Millions of small-business owners have six-to-seven-figure debt liability, much of it personally guaranteed.
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Many big businesses didn’t face lockdowns, and they did quite well, often at the expense of businesses not deemed “essential.”
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15 days to slow the spread” turned into more than a year of lockdowns targeting the smallest companies.
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And as if lockdowns weren’t enough, those small firms desperately trying to save their businesses now can’t find workers, thanks in large part to government interfering in the labor market via enhanced unemployment benefits and direct stimulus payments that incentivize not working.
If the government actively set out to reward big businesses and punish small ones, how would it look any different?
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This is an American tragedy. Small businesses provide economic freedom for tens of millions of people.
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Putting more power in big companies’ hands is, of course, good for politicians;... But it is in no way good for the economy. Pretending otherwise is a dangerous farce.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Sounds about right.
This killing of small businesses in California was rampant and still is hammering them.
Our wonderful governor had dance classes and exercise class being held in parking lots.
We have heard that at least 35% of small food businesses went belly up with the on again and off again B$.
Yup! Then you have really stubborn small business owners that refuse to die. Thank God I didn’t need a store front.
Huge middle class wipeout agenda.
Totalitarian city of Burbank cut power, phones at Tinhorn Flats Saloon & Grill..
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3942495/posts
Not about a virus.
all according to plan.
The elites prefer a small number of large corporations they can control, so small businesses must go.there
bttt
Wasn’t that hard, was it ?
Why restaurants though ?
Elimination of the kulaks.
If you supply your own water and power, they will build a wall around your business. If you break through that wall, they will bulldoze your building.
You couldn’t help but notice, as the big Chinese product peddlers like Walmart remained opened, but all the small businesses across the street were all shut down.
A win win for places like China mart.
Marxists (and THEY are Marxists) always want to destroy the Kulak class early.
All in the Democrat/Socialist playbook.
But more importantly the lock downs were a gift to the Butchers of Beijing. China has enjoyed a 10 year boost in its plan to put the entire world in a death grip.
Some people near me bought and worked on fixing up a restaurant, had their new sign up and had a grand opening date set, then the plandemic hit. It was going to be a rib joint. We generally only had a three week lockdown in MO, outside of the cities, but restaurants had special rules. Any restaurant that has a drive-thru, is still drive-thru only. Mostly the big burger chains and an Applebees that’s pick up only. Subway to their benefit remained open with normal sit down and no distancing that I noticed. Small hardware/lumber stores stayed open but did the mask and distancing and limits on occupancy. They’re operating as normal now and have been for months. MFA feed store closed their lobby and you had to call in your orders. That lasted a couple of months. One grocery store ditched the masks a couple of weeks ago and I’m badgering a different one to ditch theirs. Convenient store is weird. They wear masks behind the counter with a plexiglas shield but as soon as they step out from behind the counter, off comes the mask. Another convenient store ditched the masks a few months ago. It all comes down to how autonomous a business is. Some have orders being handed down from the headquarters in some city somewhere. Some can make all their own decisions.
Thanks, this news was never published in N. California, that I know:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3942495/posts
Not about a virus.
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