Demands for help from Springfield won’t abate with the virus. “The state has to do something to help the retail sector stand up again,” said Rob Karr, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association. With retail sales the second biggest source of state revenue, lawmakers have a direct interest in the assistance, he said.
My friend works at a major hospital in northern IL, I’d rather not say which. The leadership sent out a global email saying that the hospital was losing more than $9,000,000 in revenue a week because of this ill-advised shut down. They have a handful of red death patients while the rest of the hospital is empty. They are furloughing doctors, reducing pay for essential workers and laying off everyone else. This is a major hospital that provides significant charity. It may need to file bankruptcy if this continues on. Jabba is burning everything down because he’s more worried about… Read more »
Governor of Alderaan
6 years ago
How abut letting the stores open? Would that help?
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
My friend works at a major hospital in northern IL, I’d rather not say which. The leadership sent out a global email saying that the hospital was losing more than $9,000,000 in revenue a week because of this ill-advised shut down. They have a handful of red death patients while the rest of the hospital is empty. They are furloughing doctors, reducing pay for essential workers and laying off everyone else. This is a major hospital that provides significant charity. It may need to file bankruptcy if this continues on. Jabba is burning everything down because he’s more worried about… Read more »
How abut letting the stores open? Would that help?