Actually, my perspective is based on the draconian measures taking place as we speak.
Businesses are forced to close, many of those being small, family-owned businesses like restaurants, hair salons, feed stores, independent clothing stores, bakeries, and the entire service industry, etc...most of which function primarily as brick & mortar stores only, which means they can’t even look to transitioning to an online presence to stay open.
They will go bankrupt.
ALL their decades (if not generations) of hard work, sacrifice, contributions & support to local economy...many becoming pillars of the community & providing steady, stable employment and valuable services to their area.....GONE.
Exactly HOW LONG do you think these small mom & pops stores (the most beloved by the American people) can afford to continue paying rent for a business that is bringing in ZERO revenue?
As most of us already know, bills come every month whether we want them to or not, and certainly whether we have the money to pay them or not.
Small business owners shouldn’t have to dip into their retirement funds to sustain their closed business for an indefinite amount of time.
Meanwhile, corporate-owned businesses are raking in the profits that small businesses have lost because they ARE allowed to be open.
Wealthy stores like Wal-Mart, Amazon, Costco, etc...they have more business than they can handle & are hiring on the spot at reduced wages, often minimum wage.
My husband is friends with a professor from SMU who took a part-time job filling orders for Amazon because colleges are closed, and he is being paid minimum wage despite having multiple doctorate degrees.
Today our governor here in Texas has required that we wear masks in public or be fined $1,000.
WTF?!
It seems we aren’t even allowed to breathe fresh air anymore! I understand self-quarantine if you are sick, but why must the healthy be forced to stay indoors, wear masks & slather hand sanitizer all over our bodies like lotion?
Why is everyone complacent with these new Communist measures?