Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by llanowarelves on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:47PM
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Do the 50% of all small businesses that had to permanently close fit into your definition of "everyone"?
Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by laidoffamazon on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:52PM
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Uh, what do you think happened to small businesses in 2020? If anything we're seeing a boom in small business dynamism today - more applications for small businesses to be formed in 2022 than anytime in recorded history, except for 2021 [0]
[0] https://www.inc.com/melissa-angell/small-business-applicants...
Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by vkou on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:05PM
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I'm not sure where you live, but I've been down main street over the weekend, and every storefront on it seems to be open for business, just like they were in 2019.
Some of the players changed, but they've also changed since 2015 and 2011, yet I don't hear anyone complaining about either of those years.
If I live to 2073, I fully expect to still keep hearing the meme that half of the small businesses in this country permanently closed in 2020. It'll be as nonsensical then as it is today.
Re:Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
by laidoffamazon on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:17PM
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They very likely did close! And then they re-opened, some under new auspices. It happens and it's a signal that American dynamism is alive and well!
Nobody should be "wishing for 2020". Everyone in this country is better off than they were in 2020 at this point.