Quote Originally Posted by dantheman4248 View Post
Here's the simple answer if you are serious: If the government denies the unemployment, then yes the government is saying that. Period.

Here's the long answer: Reopening small businesses (such as massage parlors) that would have a high risk of spreading disease will have a ton of negative effects to consider. A. Clientele overall will be less. People are afraid. They aren't going to be as willing to spend money on this. This will lower income across the board. B. This forces employees into dangerous situations. C. We aren't sure yet of the liability that could be involved. A corona case contracted to a high level customer could cripple the business with a lawsuit. D. Not reopening could cripple the business as now there is going to be nothing coming from the relief fund AND if they can eventually come back then some clientele will have chosen a place that reopened sooner. This lowers income either way.

Quite simply put, this move is an attack on the small business that is now put in a rock and hard place due to this virus. The government should help in times of need, not hurt.
This is just BS. The business isn't worse off for having the option of reopening. The PPP program doesn't have that limit. Nor does the economic injury disaster loan. I don't know of anybody with BI coverage that pays out based on whether the government closes you; that might be something that hurts a some businesses if that coverage exists. It may hurt the employee's that would rather be on unemployment if the employer disputes their unemployment claim. Not sure how states are handling that.