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So, what I hear you saying is that he can't compete in a seller's market for labor.

• glofish 6y ago
  are you serious? obviously he can't compete against the government's pocket
  • throwanem 6y ago
    Good news for him, then! Starting Monday he doesn't have to. Give it a couple of months and he can probably hire at $2 an hour, or maybe just room and board. There's a whole lot of people about to get evicted, after all. He might have a bit of a hard time getting customers, what with everyone being either broke or terrified into hoarding whatever they've got or both, but what the hell, right? They say a rising tide lifts all boats. What do you think happens when the tide goes out and stays out? If you're not scared shitless, I have to assume you cannot possibly be paying attention.
    • glofish 6y ago
      you talk exactly like someone that has no idea what it is like to run a small business that serves a community around them. you are jumping to conclusions that he must have been exploiting his staff etc. and you are disregarding the fact that you are punishing the most entrepreneurial, whose entire livelihood depends on this. He built the business for 20 years, has 8 trucks, garages, equipment, loans etc all goes sideways if he has to double his prices especially in this environment. He now has to compete against an unrealistic, government set salary that ironically, is paid partially from taxes imposed on him. Maybe he should go on unemployment, and ta-da all is solved, he is now making a good salary
      • throwanem 6y ago
        See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24015210 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24015210 - our replies crossed.