I’m a small business owner — I run the Cranmore Inn in the beautiful White Mountains of New Hampshire with my husband. To say that the last year and a half has been nerve-racking would be an understatement.
It’s been a hard time to be in the hospitality industry, which is so critical to New Hampshire’s economy. More than 50,000 people work in the hospitality industry here; the sector, according to a 2014 study, contributes over $2.52 billion to the state’s economy, and New Hampshire’s rooms and meals tax is our state government’s third largest revenue generator. For our sector, and others, to fully recover and thrive, we have got to have a sensible paid leave plan that’s accessible to small businesses as well as large ones.
Like all social welfare programs, they start of well-intentioned with lofty goals and altruistic sentiments. Before long they get abused and pilloried.
We just witnessed one of the biggest scams of our time, known as the “Covid Relief Bills”. Almost half of the funding (Billions!) were stolen without out as much as a question from our political class.
Then of course there are the perennial cheaters who seem the be well versed in the "ins & outs" of claiming all manner of public welfare "relief". I've read that 30-40% of most of these programs go cheaters.
So how about this; Why not do the responsible thing. Purchase your own private insurance to cover things that would keep you from working. Being in business is taking a risk. You do what you have to in order to mitigate those risks.
I think we've already swung way too far into Socialism. There are people who didn't even work last year (retired, previously unemployed, etc.) who got "Covid Relief" checks. I know far too many people that got free money for doing nothing but stay at home, enjoying themselves, while I continued to work and didn't receive a dime.
Some people would say, I should feel lucky I was able to keep working. I say, they are lucky I was able to keep working and pay the taxes to cover their “Relief”.
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Like all social welfare programs, they start of well-intentioned with lofty goals and altruistic sentiments. Before long they get abused and pilloried.
We just witnessed one of the biggest scams of our time, known as the “Covid Relief Bills”. Almost half of the funding (Billions!) were stolen without out as much as a question from our political class.
Then of course there are the perennial cheaters who seem the be well versed in the "ins & outs" of claiming all manner of public welfare "relief". I've read that 30-40% of most of these programs go cheaters.
So how about this; Why not do the responsible thing. Purchase your own private insurance to cover things that would keep you from working. Being in business is taking a risk. You do what you have to in order to mitigate those risks.
I think we've already swung way too far into Socialism. There are people who didn't even work last year (retired, previously unemployed, etc.) who got "Covid Relief" checks. I know far too many people that got free money for doing nothing but stay at home, enjoying themselves, while I continued to work and didn't receive a dime.
Some people would say, I should feel lucky I was able to keep working. I say, they are lucky I was able to keep working and pay the taxes to cover their “Relief”.
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