I grew up in Western New York and have watched New York state policies and taxes decimate my home town. Needless to say I'm not a big fan of Cuomo. In a town th

I grew up in Western New York and have watched New York state policies and taxes decimate my home town. Needless to say I'm not a big fan of Cuomo. In a town that used to have oil, manufacturing etc. now the largest employer by far is social services and the jail. These new jobs have not come close to matching the income generated from businesses of the past. Every year when I go back I see the town decay a bit further. To make matters worse, houses that have 1/3rd of the value of my house in Atlanta have much higher yearly taxes and crime has gone up significantly. I moved south and reduced my overall cost of living while living in a much larger metropolitan area and more opportunity. States that feel it's necessary to stay closed can do so. The high regulation states such as New York can force people to stay closed while others open up further. After this is done, probably more will continue to leave it and other more draconian states for greener pastures. The fact is that the fed cannot print enough money to sustain a multi month national shutdown and it would decimate the economy and drive the national debt to un-sustainable levels. Right now my employment prospects as a software developer are a lot better than those for restaurant workers, hotel and airline employees etc.. Even with that I'm freaked out about what will happen with my employment prospects if we go into a depression because I would be naive to assume it wont eventually affect me. So I can't imagine the amount of stress and uncertainty many of them are feeling about the economic fallout from a prolonged shutdown. There are no easy answers here, but there are tough choices to make and both choices suck.