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Announcing restrictions and enforcing them are two separate animals. There are not enough police in most of the US to actually enforce closing businesses, let

• coldtea 5y ago
  I'm not sure about there not being "enough police in most of the US to actually enforce closing businesses". There's not enough police to enforce no traffic violations at all either (what would that be, a traffic cop for every street or car?). That's not how laws work, you just need to make a law/rule and collect fines from the businesses that violated it. If there wasn't the political will to do so in the states, that's another thing. But in at least a couple of countries in the EU I know of, all businesses were closed (by government decree) except explicitly whitelisted "necessary" shopping (like groceries, drugstores, and such) for months on end.
  • tharkun__ 5y ago
    You say that's not how laws work and then you basically say he's rihght. You say you "just need to... collect fines". And that is the OP's point. Without enforcement you do not get relevant levels of compliance. Just upping the fines seems easy but if your enforcement percentage is 0 (or close enough to 0 as felt by citizens) you will not get compliance. Theres a balance if you ask me. If it costs $5000 to be caught after curfew but police go home when curfew hits too instead of patrolling the streets, you will likely have no compliance. If you get caught at least 50% of the time then $5000 probably isn't even necessary and say $1000 will be 'enough' for most people.