Looks Good on Paper by Dan Collins for April 25, 2020

Very nice tribute Dan. Sadly many will not be able to survive.

Well hopefully they will get some of the forgivable loan money to help out if it doesn’t get sucked up by the corporations again. I for one am going to shop local when this is over.

That’s life in the big city.

My sincere hope is that the crisis gets our nation, as a whole, reconsidering this absurd economy we’ve built largely on retail consumerism and service industries that create low wage, low skill, insecure jobs focused on separating the upper 10 percent from their bloated discretionary incomes, all for the sake of delivering $7 lattes, $12 loaves of artisanal bread and $700 telephones.

We should be encouraging entrepreneurship, innovation and public education in a concerted national effort to resolve serious problems like climate change, environmental degradation, poverty, prejudice and a disgraceful healthcare system that’s so obsessed with profitable elective procedures and concierge medical services that it got blindsided by a worldwide public health emergency it knew was coming sooner or later.

I always patronize local whenever possible, miss all of the local stores and restaurants driven out of business by megamarts and slop inna bag fast food chains. Thanks for the shout out to buy local Dan.

Farmer’s markets are still open most places. Go there first.

I hope that the American consumers realize and remember, as they watch tRUMP and his corporate cronies suck the lifeblood out of the country and steal the government assistance meant for the small, local businesses, that the real United States wasn’t built on greedy capitalists and mega-corporations but by the blood, sweat, tears, and sacrifices of the workers, the small farmers, the teachers, the essential service providers, and the mom and pop storekeepers.

There’s a giantess in that porch! What? Isn’t that the message of this cartoon?

Like allen@home said above, this is a nice tribute but sadly, not all businesses will survive. I read a friend’s post on Facebook yesterday. Here is what she posted: “I decided to stop by the nail salon I’ve been going to the last 3 + years and see if my nail tech (who is also the owner) was there and get first on the list for an appointment. Much to my sadness, the salon was empty – cleared out, nothing left. I am so angry and sad for this sweet lady. Many people live paycheck to paycheck or client to client like she did. No clients, no money. The guy at the bakery next door told me she couldn’t pay April rent and she was evicted. I can get my nails done anywhere, but that single mom of two can’t feed her kids and pay her house note with $1200 of stimulus money.” I feel for the mom and pop businesses and the businesses like the one she posted about.

Thanks, Dan; you said it very well.

We’re about a third of the way into 2020, but so far this is my favorite comic strip/panel of the year. Important message, beautifully rendered, worth remembering when we’re able to put the thought into action.

Very nice Dan, thanks.

…and yesterday we noticed our Chinese restaurant (which is nearby) has takeout again! They reopened after a minor modification to apply to the new rules (teller-window). The owner told us that they had reopened only two days before. All of us were so happy to see each other again!

I postponed prior plans for dinner; it had been two months since we had the opportunity to eat there. And they offer all dishes from the menu now, not only a small selection!

ABSOLUTELY!