Read this Tweet from Sally Kohn, CNN contributor and political commentator.
All I can say is, what a moron!
I’m really tired of reading how business owners are “forced” to layoff workers. No one made them do that. They *chose* to do that. Not saying it isn’t a hard choice, during a hard time, but to say they were *forced* obscures their agency AND casts owners/CEOs as the victims.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) April 9, 2020
She’s clearly does not understand economics. Business owners do not have much of a choice when the government mandates they shut down. They have been forced to close down. This results in a loss of revenue. Lack of revenue results in an inability to make payroll and pay expenses. Ultimately, a business is forced to make layoffs. I am by no means a math wizard, but none of this adds up in a way that allows businesses to sustain a payroll.
It’s also a pile of hogwash for Kohn to say CEOs/owners are not victims. It is a lazy assertion that simply draws upon envy and class warfare. Quite frankly, we are all victims of this virus right now. The whole country is suffering. Some are suffering more than others, but it is impacting us all.
Kohn doubled down after getting massive push back for her tweet.
Oh Lordy, Twitter. Grasp the nuance of what I’m saying. I am NOT saying that it’s not a hard, sometimes impossible decision. But it’s still a DECISION. A CHOICE. Think about the meaning/implications of the word forced. No one is literally being forced to layoff workers.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) April 9, 2020
AND that attitude in general, that business owners/CEOs take certain steps because they HAVE TO as opposed to because they CHOOSE TO, helps mask exploitation of workers in general in a million other ways — “have no choice” but to pay low wages, no benefits, etc.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) April 9, 2020
I guess you just can’t fix stupid. Forced closures, sooner or later, mean forced layoffs.
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