I consider myself conservative, I'm also taking the bailout-so that I can pay my employees.
If I don't take it, no way that I can pay them, then they go to unemployment[so WTF is the difference?].
Without it[bailout, stimulus-call it what you will] I'm closing, for good, which puts 9 good people out of a job.
Myself and family that work here have not been paid a dime for 3 weeks now, every other employee has been paid whether they are working or not.
The only 'bailouts' we've ever had before were done by us[family]. And it's had to happen several times over the 75+ years we've been in business, this one is too big to handle.
On average every 4th or 5th check that I send out is either a tax payment or includes some form of local/state/federal tax added[utilities etc].
This little business has paid in all of these years and on time and needs the help, if some have issue with it then too damn bad.
