LogFAQs > #938900206

Because that is what is happening all around you, right now. The state of Alaska has now banned all cruise ships from visiting in the summer, which usually brings in 1.2 million tourists. That is 1.2 million tourists not going to restaurants, or going on tours, or visiting shops, in 2020. Alaska literally has a 4 month period of summer, where it makes billions in tourism...but now all of that will go dark.

I know of two restaurants and one bar around me that have now closed down permanently because of the shutdown. Many more that I've picked up take-out from are saying that if it doesn't pick up by June, they will have to lock up as well.

I own a small business, and thank God I don't have much overhead costs, but enough to where I'll have to be careful. I'm currently out of work until 2021, with many of my clients saying they are scared to travel until there is a vaccine. I work in the travel biz, putting trips together for my clients all over the world, but nowadays, people are scared to go to their local Publix. I'm now buying locally and selling on eBay to pay the bills, but I have to keep this up for another 5-6 months before the deposits come in from early 2021 trips.

We all know corporations like Starbucks, McDonalds, 3M, Walmart, they are going to go through this with just a bad quarter, and then bounce right back in the summer time. Your favorite local restaurants and hangouts? Yeah, they'll be lucky to survive, and the few that do will have crippling debt, which will make them slaves to corporations.

...and yet we are all just fine with this, staying locked up as the world becomes more and more corporate. As a small business owner, this sucks.

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