In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, many businesses are hurting. And we should have some sympathy for them. After all, the stress of survival can force us into undesirable situations. However, some organizations try to get through these difficult times using such repulsive measures, they deserve nothing but pity. And bankruptcy.
From pressuring people to come to work against clear safety guidelines and common sense to begging for a bailout, the Internet users have been making fun of corporate America, reminding that businesses are nothing without their employees. Continue scrolling to check some of them out and upvote your faves!
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Yep they expect every small business owner who's barely scraping by to get these low interest loans from banks to survive. But these multibillion-dollar companies can't do the same thing?
From small restaurants to multinational corporations, the COVID-19 outbreak has delivered quite a blow to the economy. Companies are implementing massive organizational changes to at least try and stay afloat -- with many switching to full-scale working from home and others going all in on delivery.
"I've done a couple of webinars with groups of companies. As of about a week and a half ago, they weren't doing anything, there wasn't anything different," Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources, told ABC News. The expert predicts, "The big test will come when it goes on for more than a couple of weeks."
When it comes to managing employees, Cappelli said there are good examples out there. So far, "We've seen more companies carrying employees for longer than expected if this had been a financial downturn versus a health-related one," he explained.
But there are rotten apples in the basket, too. Pressure is building on Amazon and other delivery companies to improve protection for workers worried about getting infected with coronavirus. Some workers at US food delivery firm Instacart as well as US and Italian workers at Amazon have walked out, complaining about the lack of protection.
Even US senators have been contacting Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to express concerns.
As a response, Amazon said it had adjusted its practices, including increased cleaning of its facilities and introducing staggered shift and break times. However, union representatives are saying this is far from the truth. "Several employees working at the site use face masks for days instead of having new ones each day," one of them told Reuters.
A group of workers at Whole Foods, which is also owned by Amazon, plan to walk out on Tuesday, regarding similar problems.
Let's hope that human decency prevails and employees won't be put at risk for another dollar.
It's because they are publicly traded and focus mainly on shirt term profits to increase share price. Doing so requires them to be leveraged heavily. Go pull a 10K report for any large business and look at how much cash they have compared to total assets. You can see it on the balance sheet under the financial reports section. Mist large companies hold less than 5% of total assets in cash.
Yes and I have no issue with that. These companies make obscene profits in other territories whilst exploiting their infrastructure and talent . They should contribute in taxes to each country they make a profit in.
It seems to dawn on the American people that the American dream is really just a dream. And maybe even that social security is not communism.
It still hasn't dawned on people what they're fighting for. Capitalism is an easy term to use, but they just don;t seem to grasp that the entire U.S economic system is one giant Ponzi scheme, in which only the top of the pyramid makes all the money, and everyone has been forced to buy into it
the Top Percent created a myth called "Economy." They gave it a life, said our happiness depends on its health, used it to justify globalisation which creates poverty in 3rd world countries and unemployment in first world countries. Economy, economy,economy - the mantra from Hell
Capitalism has its flaws but hands down the best economic system there is. We just need much more oversight to see what the taxpayers money is being spent on
I have high hopes that some level of decent behaviour towards citizens (socialism) will be the result of all this.
All depends on who's in charge of that country. You would NOT want to live in a socialistic country run by communists!!!!
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No. No I'm definitely not. I hate the rich. And no not because that b******t line, "you're just jealous"
I don't agree with this. People said, "We need to stay at home, so I can't pay my regular restaurant, my manicurist, my housekeeper, my Great Clips hair-stylist, the person who changes my oil, my local coffee shop, my local liquor store, my yoga teacher, etc." I realize not everyone has those expenses, but most middle-class people have some of those type of expenses. And all of those small businesses are either shut down permanently already, or about to. And their employees aren't getting paid, so they go on unemployment and stop spending money, which is what starts a recession. If you want the economy to weather this storm, CONTINUE SPENDING MONEY AS YOU ALWAYS HAVE - gift certificates, or just pay people who are no longer doing work for you. JUST DO IT IF YOU WANT US TO SURVIVE.
Remember the trickle-down the Republicans were selling the American people? Well, they were right it's just not money nor new jobs which are trickling down on us
Capitalism has brought more people out of poverty during the last century than any other system prior. I see capitalism everyday at the literally dozens of small and medium sized businesses that I visit. Places where some regular women or a man had the dreams and ambition to do their own thing and because of that they are able to proved for their families, their employees are able to do that same all while in many cases bringing innovation that governments have never been able to. Ultimately the government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else and it’s literally impossible to multiply wealth by dividing it.
Please tell me what a billionaire does that is worth 20,000 times per hour what I do. I'll wait. ... (To be clear, I'm not anti-capitalist. I'm just for strong unions, for strong industry regulations, and for wealth taxes. )
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Hard work alone won't get you rich, never has, never will. A million things come into play. An idea, leadership, luck. But whining about how the rich are so bad will definitely never get you rich though.
A million things definitely come into play, like exploitation of the work force, tax evasion, buying cheap and unethically produced materials etc
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Germany here. We were hit and there is more to come. But you know what still is great? If I feel sick or my child is ill, I call the doc, schedule an appointment, get seen by the doc, get treated, get needed meds and after that, I still have money to buy myself an icecream instead of having to move into my car.
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And isn't it strange that those now cry loudest for help that rallied against labour laws, market control etc. and called it "socialist"? They now willingly accept the state utilizing them or even buying shares. You either want a strong state or not; a "comprehensive cover" state that does not interfer in good times but backes up in bad times is the epithomy of unsolidary thinking!
And people need to legitimately boycott these places. There's just no way people are going to boycott Amazon though. They're doing interviews all over the country and hurting people into one room and going against all social distancing initiatives yet they're not getting fined or anything else. But if I had 10 people gathered on my porch I could get arrested and fined
The people that give all that money are the same people that are saying that their people should go back to work. But only if they seem healthy and under 55 years old or so. They don't give a s*** about anyone but the 1%.
How about we get rid of billionaires altogether. No one needs that much money.
With an education, you might have understood the odds of actually becoming rich. This is why the rich do not want the poor educated, and how people stay conditioned this way. The american dream is lie perpetuated by the few successfull...
And the worker who organized it got fired. Jeff bezos is the biggest piece of s*** in the entire world.
Actually, I suspect about $5K will kick right back to each Congress member...
As soon as they announced a $2 trillion dollar stimulus package...Andrew Yang was like "Where did we get $2 trillion dollars?"
If employees don't return, the companies may raise salaries to encourage workers. This could be good....
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I don't wanna be rude but why are you suprised? Currently you have a born rich president, a "tycoon"; he never faced poorness in his whole life. He clearly represents the US rich minority, which he is part of. How you can expect him to understand the needs of the middle and lower class?
None of this matters, in future china will own the US. Better start learning the language now.
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Australia.....$1500 per fortnight to keep an employee on your books, jobseeker payment doubled, rent and mortgage freezes for some, power bill levies, councils waiving fees......If this is socialism, maybe it's not that bad.
A pity the US is no longer a First World nation. Think what could have been done... Had anyone on Wall Street or Congress not conned Main Street into obeying instead of thinking. Instead... There's a joke in charge of a farce. My ancestors would die of shame, if they hadn't died serving this country already...
I'm absolutely flabbergasted by these posts. How can it be that the government of the (self proclaimed) best, richest, most powerfull country in the world, is capable of these things ? And how is it possible that the people in that country still defend their system ? I truly truly hope that this whole ordeal will open Americans eyes so that they can really start making their country great. Not again, but for the first time. I'm very sorry for all you citizens that have to make ends meet and are let down so terribly. I can only hope that all this will turn out not as bad as expected for you and that it will bring something good to your country also. Keep the faith !
The U.S. is the richest and most powerful nation in the world, but it's certainly not the best. I sincerely wish I could invoke my Norwegian heritage and emigrate to Norway - now they know how to treat their citizenry and give them happy, fulfilling lives.
Load More Replies... Americans are raised to believe that anything that is against corporations or the rich is evil and anti American.
Less than half of Americans believe that fable. I'm sure that was once true, but Hollywood has been heavy-handedly hammering (and pretty much accurately so) the evil corporation angle for decades.
Load More Replies... Every day I read how bad the United States is, and every day I'm happier that I don't live in that hell hole
It has its good points, but it’s definitely doing WAY WORSE than its potential, and WAY WORSE than its propaganda claims.
Load More Replies... Things Covid-19 won't stop me doing: voting, supporting unions, education. Things it will stop me doing: meeting my Spring quarter students face-to-face.
We are fortunate that we still have the opportunity to communicate / educate online.
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And it's so reassuring to know that in the two trillion dollar stimulus bill, while people are desperately trying to find a way to pay rent, buy food, and protect themselves and their families, that they threw in a provision to give a tax break for the top 1%. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/opinions/stimulus-bill-tax-break-for-1-mccaffery/index.html
There's a lot of American's who think we shouldn't get a stimulus check. Lol ... I honestly really need it or ill end up on that street in a square with the homeless in Vegas.
and it's people like you that deserve it since you're struggling. I'm donating mine to charity
Load More Replies... Irony is that.. boredpanda is serving Google and amazon ads and also talking against them. Yesterday Google and amazon protested against working conditions so all the websites like BP should ban adsense and amazon for one month.
It didn't take them long to jump on that sanctimonious advertising either. Buy a car and we'll deliver it to your door. Here's some health tips included in your bill. Extended drive through hours so you can pay your bill. Ad nauseam.
Y'all understand that the reason this bailout is even a thing is because of who's in the White House, right? He's protecting his own. If you don't get that you're blind.
Is usually don't get involved, but this is just ignorant. I run a small business and the "bailout" is preventing me from having to lay off my entire staff.
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There are some things here I agree with; those being bailed out should only receive comparable to tax they've paid in, companies using loopholes to avoid American financial and human labour laws shouldn't be bailed, ect.. You also have to balance that with trying to keep business afloat enough to keep Americans employed now and into the future. An emergency payout is not socialism. What is happening now, both for individuals and companies, could not happen regularly. You'd cause massive hyperinflation, if you haven't already, and see hard times like living generations have never experienced in the US before. There has to be a middle ground.
F*****g christ. I don't meant to be rude but most of the commenters on here have no clue about anything. The ignorance is stunning. Fine, f**k the big corporations (which you hypocrites all support financially) and let them die and have all those people unemployed. The rich are automatically evil (though you LOVE the companies they create). It's impossible for you to get rich? With your penchant for complaining more than working your a*s off I'm not surprised. You're pouty they have money and you don't? If you think corporate CEOs work less hours than you do you're out of your goddamn mind. Those guys are psychopaths. They work 70hr weeks and often have nothing in their lives outside of work. Of course there are excesses and it's by no means a perfect system, but it's the system that gave you the highest quality of life in the history of mankind so show some f*****g gratitude.
Oh, really? Will they do some outstanding thing to save us all? I mean something else they have already done by running a company. Btw, I know someone who works 90-120 hours a week sometimes to save his boss' company and guess what he gets? Average payment, no extras, unless you count the fear for the company going out of business. No other job in sight either, unless he wants to get a minimum wage. So you better redirect your f*****g gratitude toward these kind of guys.
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Ok,those corporation already own 10 000 x 1 trillion $. Why they need more? Just because 1-2 weeks their sells were just a little low. And the idea of capitalism is never ending growth. So if today profit is 1$ tomorrow must be 2$, after 3$ etc. And if the profit stops getting bigger is a disaster. But their profit is not 1$. It's billions, so they receive trillions to shut up. Meanwhile people with salaries of few thousands which doesn't even grow, receive a thousand. How can you say that's fair. It's like - I have a chicken, but you have nothing and starve. In order to fix things I get another chicken, you get nothing, but it's fair because we both receive double of what we had. Really?
I hope everyone vehemently agreeing w/ these memes voted for Sanders or Warren. We had a chance to fix this but blew it by voting for moderate dem candidate.
EXACTLY!!!! People keep voting to maintain the plutocratic oligarchy! Everyone here who posted these memes and comments who are anti-corporate need to stop voting for people like Hilary Clinton (no, it’s not misogyny; I voted for the OTHER WOMAN in 2016 that you all ignored because “the Green Party is socialist and stands no chance”), and need to stop voting for people like centrist creepy old uncle grandpa Biden!!
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Companies should only be given bailouts if they agree that part of their business gets nationalised. Otherwise it's unfair to everyone else. Nevermind excuses about paying taxes or giving employment. They've already got all the loopholes. So. No nationalising, no bailouts.
There will be no justice. The 1% of the1% will sit in their mansions sipping cocktails, getting kickbacks from the companies they have shares in who are paying not taxes. Employees are a dime a dozen or ten a penny as we say here, so they don't have to worry about not having enough to work even if they sacked everyone currently 'working' for them. Keeping people afraid, poor, weak, living hand to mouth keeps them from revolting, and if they should get a bit uppity, well, there's always the army to keep them from the gated communities. Things will go back to the way they were, apathy and exhaustion will keep us in line
The conditions are right to start a revolution. This is why Americans can own guns. Get out there and use them otherwise most people will just be slaves to the rich. The French showed you the way; crack in and stop moaning about it. That's my view anyway..
"Think. Think what you're doing. Think! THINK!" - Police Constable Sergeant Howie, to a large group of loyal citizenry, blindly following the orders of their leader (and tradition, and just doing what their fellow citizens were doing), about to imprison him in a giant Wicker Man and sacrificially burn him to a crisp.
What a bunch of whiney losers you are on Bored Panda. You want government handouts. You want the billionaires to have their wealth taken away by the government. You want government toforce businesses to pay you more because you don't know how to earn more on your own. Not one of you ever talks about your own ability to fix your problems. You have no character. You are greedy, jealous, lazy and just stupid. No wonder Anerica is going down. You cant think or work for yourself. Somehow the government will give you s**t from other people? How long will that take before other people run out of s**t to give you? You are losers with no self respect. What could you respect yourself for?
@ Vanities, when you say "...greedy, jealous, lazy and just stupid" I hope you are looking in a mirror. You say, "You want government handouts." You conveniently overlook the BILLIONS in government subsidies that are given to major corporations. And, you overlook that some (many?) major US corporations pay ZERO taxes, which is illegal but truthfully immoral. Fork off.
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NO!! There is no justification for that whatsoever. Violence is NOT how you make a more just society!!!
Load More Replies... All of a "sudden" these manufacturers are ramping up production of ventilators etc. NOW? Where have they been for the last 2 months? The only time we have been in public since early February was to vote (yes for Bernie).
You don't appear to understand the manufacturing process. It takes time to redesign and retool factories, even to produce slightly different products. You may just be hearing about it now but these companies have been working on it for some time.
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Giving 0.03% of your money while you are laying off your employees or forcing them to come to work despite them feeling sick or suspecting they are infected with a possibly lethal virus isn't that great. Stop painting rainbow pictures about marvellous companies doing terrific things while in reality they are dark parasites sucking all life out of society.
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Except the rich elderly ones in power will get the best medical care possible and recover, while the poor elderly can't afford the $34,000 hospital bill for treatment and will die. In the end still the rich and powerful are better off and the poor are worse. Welcome to the USA.
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I don't wanna be rude but why are you suprised? Currently you have a born rich president, a "tycoon"; he never faced poorness in his whole life. He clearly represents the US rich minority, which he is part of. How you can expect him to understand the needs of the middle and lower class?
None of this matters, in future china will own the US. Better start learning the language now.
Load More Replies... Australia.....$1500 per fortnight to keep an employee on your books, jobseeker payment doubled, rent and mortgage freezes for some, power bill levies, councils waiving fees......If this is socialism, maybe it's not that bad.
A pity the US is no longer a First World nation. Think what could have been done... Had anyone on Wall Street or Congress not conned Main Street into obeying instead of thinking. Instead... There's a joke in charge of a farce. My ancestors would die of shame, if they hadn't died serving this country already...
I'm absolutely flabbergasted by these posts. How can it be that the government of the (self proclaimed) best, richest, most powerfull country in the world, is capable of these things ? And how is it possible that the people in that country still defend their system ? I truly truly hope that this whole ordeal will open Americans eyes so that they can really start making their country great. Not again, but for the first time. I'm very sorry for all you citizens that have to make ends meet and are let down so terribly. I can only hope that all this will turn out not as bad as expected for you and that it will bring something good to your country also. Keep the faith !
The U.S. is the richest and most powerful nation in the world, but it's certainly not the best. I sincerely wish I could invoke my Norwegian heritage and emigrate to Norway - now they know how to treat their citizenry and give them happy, fulfilling lives.
Load More Replies... Americans are raised to believe that anything that is against corporations or the rich is evil and anti American.
Less than half of Americans believe that fable. I'm sure that was once true, but Hollywood has been heavy-handedly hammering (and pretty much accurately so) the evil corporation angle for decades.
Load More Replies... Every day I read how bad the United States is, and every day I'm happier that I don't live in that hell hole
It has its good points, but it’s definitely doing WAY WORSE than its potential, and WAY WORSE than its propaganda claims.
Load More Replies... Things Covid-19 won't stop me doing: voting, supporting unions, education. Things it will stop me doing: meeting my Spring quarter students face-to-face.
We are fortunate that we still have the opportunity to communicate / educate online.
Load More Replies... And it's so reassuring to know that in the two trillion dollar stimulus bill, while people are desperately trying to find a way to pay rent, buy food, and protect themselves and their families, that they threw in a provision to give a tax break for the top 1%. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/28/opinions/stimulus-bill-tax-break-for-1-mccaffery/index.html
There's a lot of American's who think we shouldn't get a stimulus check. Lol ... I honestly really need it or ill end up on that street in a square with the homeless in Vegas.
and it's people like you that deserve it since you're struggling. I'm donating mine to charity
Load More Replies... Irony is that.. boredpanda is serving Google and amazon ads and also talking against them. Yesterday Google and amazon protested against working conditions so all the websites like BP should ban adsense and amazon for one month.
It didn't take them long to jump on that sanctimonious advertising either. Buy a car and we'll deliver it to your door. Here's some health tips included in your bill. Extended drive through hours so you can pay your bill. Ad nauseam.
Y'all understand that the reason this bailout is even a thing is because of who's in the White House, right? He's protecting his own. If you don't get that you're blind.
Is usually don't get involved, but this is just ignorant. I run a small business and the "bailout" is preventing me from having to lay off my entire staff.
Load More Replies... There are some things here I agree with; those being bailed out should only receive comparable to tax they've paid in, companies using loopholes to avoid American financial and human labour laws shouldn't be bailed, ect.. You also have to balance that with trying to keep business afloat enough to keep Americans employed now and into the future. An emergency payout is not socialism. What is happening now, both for individuals and companies, could not happen regularly. You'd cause massive hyperinflation, if you haven't already, and see hard times like living generations have never experienced in the US before. There has to be a middle ground.
F*****g christ. I don't meant to be rude but most of the commenters on here have no clue about anything. The ignorance is stunning. Fine, f**k the big corporations (which you hypocrites all support financially) and let them die and have all those people unemployed. The rich are automatically evil (though you LOVE the companies they create). It's impossible for you to get rich? With your penchant for complaining more than working your a*s off I'm not surprised. You're pouty they have money and you don't? If you think corporate CEOs work less hours than you do you're out of your goddamn mind. Those guys are psychopaths. They work 70hr weeks and often have nothing in their lives outside of work. Of course there are excesses and it's by no means a perfect system, but it's the system that gave you the highest quality of life in the history of mankind so show some f*****g gratitude.
Oh, really? Will they do some outstanding thing to save us all? I mean something else they have already done by running a company. Btw, I know someone who works 90-120 hours a week sometimes to save his boss' company and guess what he gets? Average payment, no extras, unless you count the fear for the company going out of business. No other job in sight either, unless he wants to get a minimum wage. So you better redirect your f*****g gratitude toward these kind of guys.
Load More Replies... Ok,those corporation already own 10 000 x 1 trillion $. Why they need more? Just because 1-2 weeks their sells were just a little low. And the idea of capitalism is never ending growth. So if today profit is 1$ tomorrow must be 2$, after 3$ etc. And if the profit stops getting bigger is a disaster. But their profit is not 1$. It's billions, so they receive trillions to shut up. Meanwhile people with salaries of few thousands which doesn't even grow, receive a thousand. How can you say that's fair. It's like - I have a chicken, but you have nothing and starve. In order to fix things I get another chicken, you get nothing, but it's fair because we both receive double of what we had. Really?
I hope everyone vehemently agreeing w/ these memes voted for Sanders or Warren. We had a chance to fix this but blew it by voting for moderate dem candidate.
EXACTLY!!!! People keep voting to maintain the plutocratic oligarchy! Everyone here who posted these memes and comments who are anti-corporate need to stop voting for people like Hilary Clinton (no, it’s not misogyny; I voted for the OTHER WOMAN in 2016 that you all ignored because “the Green Party is socialist and stands no chance”), and need to stop voting for people like centrist creepy old uncle grandpa Biden!!
Load More Replies... Companies should only be given bailouts if they agree that part of their business gets nationalised. Otherwise it's unfair to everyone else. Nevermind excuses about paying taxes or giving employment. They've already got all the loopholes. So. No nationalising, no bailouts.
There will be no justice. The 1% of the1% will sit in their mansions sipping cocktails, getting kickbacks from the companies they have shares in who are paying not taxes. Employees are a dime a dozen or ten a penny as we say here, so they don't have to worry about not having enough to work even if they sacked everyone currently 'working' for them. Keeping people afraid, poor, weak, living hand to mouth keeps them from revolting, and if they should get a bit uppity, well, there's always the army to keep them from the gated communities. Things will go back to the way they were, apathy and exhaustion will keep us in line
The conditions are right to start a revolution. This is why Americans can own guns. Get out there and use them otherwise most people will just be slaves to the rich. The French showed you the way; crack in and stop moaning about it. That's my view anyway..
"Think. Think what you're doing. Think! THINK!" - Police Constable Sergeant Howie, to a large group of loyal citizenry, blindly following the orders of their leader (and tradition, and just doing what their fellow citizens were doing), about to imprison him in a giant Wicker Man and sacrificially burn him to a crisp.
What a bunch of whiney losers you are on Bored Panda. You want government handouts. You want the billionaires to have their wealth taken away by the government. You want government toforce businesses to pay you more because you don't know how to earn more on your own. Not one of you ever talks about your own ability to fix your problems. You have no character. You are greedy, jealous, lazy and just stupid. No wonder Anerica is going down. You cant think or work for yourself. Somehow the government will give you s**t from other people? How long will that take before other people run out of s**t to give you? You are losers with no self respect. What could you respect yourself for?
@ Vanities, when you say "...greedy, jealous, lazy and just stupid" I hope you are looking in a mirror. You say, "You want government handouts." You conveniently overlook the BILLIONS in government subsidies that are given to major corporations. And, you overlook that some (many?) major US corporations pay ZERO taxes, which is illegal but truthfully immoral. Fork off.
Load More Replies... NO!! There is no justification for that whatsoever. Violence is NOT how you make a more just society!!!
Load More Replies... All of a "sudden" these manufacturers are ramping up production of ventilators etc. NOW? Where have they been for the last 2 months? The only time we have been in public since early February was to vote (yes for Bernie).
You don't appear to understand the manufacturing process. It takes time to redesign and retool factories, even to produce slightly different products. You may just be hearing about it now but these companies have been working on it for some time.
Load More Replies... Giving 0.03% of your money while you are laying off your employees or forcing them to come to work despite them feeling sick or suspecting they are infected with a possibly lethal virus isn't that great. Stop painting rainbow pictures about marvellous companies doing terrific things while in reality they are dark parasites sucking all life out of society.
Load More Replies... Except the rich elderly ones in power will get the best medical care possible and recover, while the poor elderly can't afford the $34,000 hospital bill for treatment and will die. In the end still the rich and powerful are better off and the poor are worse. Welcome to the USA.
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