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So anyway, somebody says I missed the stores and restaurants and bars. You know, there's never been anything quite like what we're experiencing. Just nothing like it. Certainly if you lived through 9/11 you saw the country come together as one. But the weird part about that is that by the time we came together, the damage was done. There was still a war that we can debate forever, two wars that we…
← Previous segment →I'll tell you one thing that I'm feeling at this point. In the optimistic case, our government and our public can keep our small businesses hanging on. And it's really a case of hanging on. Because I'm pretty committed, and I'm sure there are other people who didn't lose their income during this time. There are a number of people who won't lose their income. And for them they have a lot of pent up spending. Not just because they want to get back in there, but because they'll actually literally have more money. One of the weird things about this is that I'm not spending as much money as I would. I think most people would be the same. So a lot of people are gonna have a little extra cash. And there will be a call, probably from the government, probably from President Trump, probably from friends and neighbors, to hit the local stores hard.
So whenever we get the green light, consumers are going to come back with both kindness and gratitude in a big way. Because remember, the small businesses didn't ask to close. They're willing to do it for the good of the republic because it's required. But I think the people who did well, in other words the people who didn't lose their income in this and actually maybe saved some money, I think they're gonna come back hard just the moment it's safe. And maybe it's not as simple as that. Maybe phase one will be the small businesses can open but they've got to stagger customers and seat people ten feet apart and stuff. So there might be some other phases. But there's a whole lot of spending coming your way, small businesses. I'm just gonna be peppering my little town with as much business as I can. And I think most people will do the same.
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Now here's a thought experiment. I understand it's actually complicated for the government to give people money, right? It's sort of complicated because I guess there are lots of agencies involved and there's a big machinery of government at everything. And so since we're in an emergency, I thought, well, how could you shortcut that? What would be one way you could shortcut figuring out who to pay…
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