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the Democrats and others on the American Left have never been friendly to small businesses damookster Send a noteboard - 04/05/2020 03:46:38 PM

Which is why they vote Republican. Most businesses are not owned by billionaires. They are owned by middle to upper middle class people with families trying to make a living on their own. People also choose to be independent contractors because in normal times they make more money and have more freedom that way. Look at the disaster California's anti-Uber law has caused. It has cost thousands of jobs and driven small theaters, publishers and agencies out of business.

As you say, the choice is not binary. It's not work or die. We can gradually loosen the restraints, particularly in areas where the population density is not NYC - Detroit levels. Which is why the Governor of Michigan is an idiot. Sure her state currently has the highest mortality rate in the country (my state is second). Those deaths are concentrated in and around Detroit. What about the rest of the state? Why should rural areas have the same degree of restriction?

Better government is a pipe dream. We need answers that will work now.

Mook

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Safety at what cost? And who is paying for it? damookster - 04/05/2020 01:51:07 PM 683 Views
Almost like not having good government comes at a cost, huh? fionwe1987 - 04/05/2020 03:19:02 PM 470 Views
the Democrats and others on the American Left have never been friendly to small businesses damookster - 04/05/2020 03:46:38 PM 434 Views
This may have been true at some point... fionwe1987 - 04/05/2020 04:49:41 PM 379 Views
yes, we will see. damookster - 04/05/2020 05:54:26 PM 429 Views
Yes, it is worse in India, and even worse in other places fionwe1987 - 04/05/2020 06:43:39 PM 426 Views
The death rate is not a fixed number *NM* Roland00 - 05/05/2020 02:11:53 AM 177 Views
No shit. *NM* damookster - 05/05/2020 02:18:49 AM 185 Views
I meant the rate of death if infected, is not a fixed number *NM* Roland00 - 05/05/2020 02:19:48 AM 176 Views
Neither is the number of unemployed. *NM* damookster - 05/05/2020 02:22:47 AM 198 Views
We have tools that can impact that number, we can not do so for the death rate. Roland00 - 05/05/2020 02:34:19 AM 357 Views
My late wife’s sister and her husband are both self employed damookster - 05/05/2020 03:07:46 AM 453 Views
But that is entirely a fixable failure of the system... fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 03:26:25 AM 415 Views
Oh please damookster - 05/05/2020 04:01:34 AM 423 Views
Then I fail to see your point... fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 05:57:20 AM 405 Views
I am not going to play this game mookie. Roland00 - 05/05/2020 03:29:52 AM 408 Views
NYC is a poorly run cruise ship and not an example of what could happen everywhere else. damookster - 05/05/2020 03:54:13 AM 407 Views
That's some prime nonsense fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 05:58:45 AM 390 Views
Here’s the deal and the point my two repliers are missing. damookster - 05/05/2020 04:29:36 AM 437 Views
We ban businesses and fields of the economy all the time. Roland00 - 05/05/2020 04:41:33 AM 391 Views
Were freon and incandescent light bulbs banned by executive order without new legislation? damookster - 05/05/2020 04:49:00 AM 427 Views
You can not always complain to the manager Mookie, sometimes there is no manager and we must act to Roland00 - 05/05/2020 05:00:00 AM 411 Views
This is NOT Europe. damookster - 05/05/2020 05:13:55 AM 421 Views
fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 06:02:51 AM 400 Views
The next election is the accountability. I thought you were aware how a democracy works fionwe1987 - 05/05/2020 06:00:57 AM 412 Views
I will have a go at responding as well gban007 - 06/05/2020 12:18:31 AM 578 Views
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