> Do you think the state should give you money or leave you to your enterprise?
I haven't taken a dime from any government entity, including the unemployment pool that I 100% qualify for and have spent the last 15 years paying into. I also have ~4 other streams of income, so yeah, leave me to my 'enterprise, I'm good.
> Do you think that taking things from businesses was some sort of conspiracy plan against business owners
No...
> or the result of something terrible
Correct.
> plus bad management
Nah we run an extremely dialed joint that pays all state & federal taxes with all cash components (door cover, tips, etc) on the books. My round of ownership (I'm 1 of 3) dug the place out of ~$100k in debt from prior ownership (primarily to other local vendors, and the IRS) and hard course corrected the place inside 24 months time. I'd argue we're a great example of fantastic management – in this business and plenty of others.
> plus decades of no preparation
I've been in this business for ~5 years, so I can't speak to decades.
> even when the scientific community was proactively warning everyone of this problem?
This is so wildy out of pocket, I can't even respond with anything reasonable.
Are you suggesting that restaurant/bar/venue owners should fall to zero and grind it out on the streets because they weren't accounting for scientific research that presented the possibility of a pandemic that'd stop all economic activity across the globe for 6+ months, and their businesses for 2+ years? Are you high?
> I made myself resistant to THIS specific problem by decades of choices, losses and failures.
Like I said, I'm good. But I also have a responsibility to a payroll of 18+ humans, and I'm not a large enough piece of shit to tell them that I win, they planned poorly, I am superior, and to hit the line at the fuckin' food bank.
> and hopefully won't blame others for that.
Nope but you'll blame the ones drowning as you stomp on their heads and flex on them with your wild time traveling foresight that makes you better than all of them and worthy of watching their lungs take on water with an 'I told you so' attitude. Hope that works out for you, boss.
> Do you think the state should give you money or leave you to your enterprise?
I haven't taken a dime from any government entity, including the unemployment pool that I 100% qualify for and have spent the last 15 years paying into. I also have ~4 other streams of income, so yeah, leave me to my 'enterprise, I'm good.
> Do you think that taking things from businesses was some sort of conspiracy plan against business owners
No...
> or the result of something terrible
Correct.
> plus bad management
Nah we run an extremely dialed joint that pays all state & federal taxes with all cash components (door cover, tips, etc) on the books. My round of ownership (I'm 1 of 3) dug the place out of ~$100k in debt from prior ownership (primarily to other local vendors, and the IRS) and hard course corrected the place inside 24 months time. I'd argue we're a great example of fantastic management – in this business and plenty of others.
> plus decades of no preparation
I've been in this business for ~5 years, so I can't speak to decades.
> even when the scientific community was proactively warning everyone of this problem?
This is so wildy out of pocket, I can't even respond with anything reasonable.
Are you suggesting that restaurant/bar/venue owners should fall to zero and grind it out on the streets because they weren't accounting for scientific research that presented the possibility of a pandemic that'd stop all economic activity across the globe for 6+ months, and their businesses for 2+ years? Are you high?
> I made myself resistant to THIS specific problem by decades of choices, losses and failures.
Like I said, I'm good. But I also have a responsibility to a payroll of 18+ humans, and I'm not a large enough piece of shit to tell them that I win, they planned poorly, I am superior, and to hit the line at the fuckin' food bank.
> and hopefully won't blame others for that.
Nope but you'll blame the ones drowning as you stomp on their heads and flex on them with your wild time traveling foresight that makes you better than all of them and worthy of watching their lungs take on water with an 'I told you so' attitude. Hope that works out for you, boss.