Subj : a covid consequence in retail
To   : August Abolins
From : George Pope
Date : Tue Feb 01 2022 12:31:04

> Hello All!
> It came to my attention just a couple days ago, that there is at
> least one covid consequence affecting a local business in my
> town.
> I drove by on my way home yesterday and took this shot:
> URL: https://susepaste.org/16508994
> "Everything Must Go Including Fixtures" - probably means that
> they have no plans to recover in the business.

That's how I'd interpret it; of course, such a niche businerss may not have  been going great guns before covid -- this might've been the last straw, &  they've chosen to retire peacefully.

Factors, as well as ON's restrictions, might include cost of location. . .
& ON's tax structure for small businesses. . .

I think BC hits them hard, to pay for the leniency given the big corporations.  . . :P 

Yiou;'d think the more liberal parties would suport proprieterships over all,  as it fits their ultimate ideal of the emplyees owning 100% of their labour.

In a self owned/operated business, you have 100% of employees sharing in 100%  of ownership.

I have nothing but respect for those who take that big leap to business  ownership, of their own concept (far more so than the one who just buys a  turnkey business, or a franchise.)

The excepton to the latter are cabbies, who often work for a company to bank up the money needed to purchase a taxi-ready vehicle, then buy a ready to go  vehicle when they can (the ones with accessible vans really fork over a ton of 
$! I definitely appreciate these)

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