Originally posted by @Marc Winter:
@Bjorn Ahlblad, it becomes more obvious every day that there is a war raging against the small business people. Mom and Pop shops destroyed, (by protest/looters not practicing social distancing) landlords being stripped of their constitutional right to due process and unlawful taking our property (rents and security).
Since the vast majority of landlords in this country are small operations, losing several month's rent by government decree and having no recourse through the courts to exercise our right to protect our own property, many are suffering.
Unfortunately, we are NOT all in this together: Lowes and Home Depot and Walmart remain open, but the local hardware shop, nursery, clothing store, and restaurant have been forced to close. Sadly, tragically, many will never reopen. Dead and gone.
And when Noah questioned God about building an ark, God said to Noah: "How long can you tread water?"
I couldn't have put this better myself. In the smaller suburbs of Chicago the small police forces were all busy protecting the Walmarts and Targets. Those businesses had massive cash reserves, good insurance, and an army of lawyers to make sure their insurance pays.
The small strip mall businesses were left abandoned, many were looted, and store owners had to protect by themselves with guns.
Blanket moratoriums on evictions wipe out even more of the middle class since most smaller landlords in class c buildings are locals. Wiping out even more of the middle class. It also empowers and rewards the most unreasonable tenants too.
