16 ms·
My company is healthcare adjacent so we've actually seen an uptick in business - but my wife had to lay herself off as the small manufacturing plant she works a
by munk-a 7y ago
My company is healthcare adjacent so we've actually seen an uptick in business - but my wife had to lay herself off as the small manufacturing plant she works at has no incoming business.
I think it's important for us to band together and make sure we can all make it through this stress together and I don't mind if, as someone on just barely in the "haver" side of thing, I need to surrender some of my stuff to make sure those worse off do well.
That all said, I'm up in Canada where I don't gush lovingly over the government, but I find it to be reasonable and well intentioned... And I think the US has a real problem coming up where nearly nobody wants to help the common good because both sides have been constantly fed that the government is terrible and only acts in the interest of big businesses (which, generally, it does).
- Consultant32452 7y agoOur government just initiated massive federal unemployment benefits, grants to small businesses who keep their payroll going, a moratorium on foreclosures for federally backed home loans, and temporary UBI. The primary focus of any complaints I see are about the bailouts of the investor class.