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just further proof that if this country ever has a president from the state of Mississippi, a lot of real issues will be solved.....All we know is problems, and rolling our sleeves up and working to fix stuff....... politicians= scum of the earth

"politicians= scum of the earth". Far from just a local (Mississippi) issue. This is all encompassing.

While I admire St. John and his accomplishments, I disagree with a bailout for independent restaurants. They have already received PPP forgivable loans and wasn't the tax law was changed to allow for businesses to deduct 100% of meals, instead of 50%? The well-managed ones will survive.

Kudos to Robert, as he just created an extremely positive image of Mississippi. Hopefully, this Act will pass quickly.

11:47, I own four restaurants, and you don't know what the hell your talking about.

Can automobile dealerships be far behind?

Pretty soon they will run out of other people's money.

locally owned restaurants need a bailout far more than the wall street billionaires.

11:58 Please leave this thread so we can discuss among non-restaurant owners what your real issues are. Feel free to lurk and learn a little. :/

this doesn’t make any sense because Chickfila isn’t asking for a hand out. None of the immigrant owned Chinese or Mexican restaurants are asking for a handout.

Call it what it is.... It’s a HAND OUT!

St.John could’ve been agile and started a Covid-19 friendly concept. But instead he chose what he already knew and was comfortable with.l. Something that won’t work in the New Normal of the Great Reset.

Why does every business get a bail out these days? Isn't that what savings is for?

The taxpayers have to guarantee everything from the zoo to the failing ballpark on the coast. Now we have to guarantee the success of restaurants too.

Total BS

2:54 In this case it is because public officials have implemented severe restrictions on restaurants. I'm sure all restaurant owners would love to be given a chance to operate at full capacity, but they can't do so at the direction of the elected officials. It is pretty well established that if the government takes your property (in this case only allowing you to serve half your normal capacity) that they should compensate you for it.

Open the USA back up now!

Oh you can take it to the bank democrats are getting ready to give you some relief. First thing their going to do is raise the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour. I’m sure there won’t be any layoffs when small business restaurants have to start paying that. Then you can take a good look at the new higher tax rate Mr. Biden is gonna sign into law with a mere stroke of the pen. If that’s not enough just sit tight there’s more on the way. Yes restaurants and all small businesses are going to get lots of relief.....probably more than they can stand!

@5:29 PM - You are correct! If minimum wage goes to $15 per hour, many independent restaurants will close and no restaurant bailout will save them. Robert St. John might want to think about that. As for small businesses, they will be hurt too. Finally, when those who used to pay no taxes have to start paying taxes because of higher earnings, they won't like it either.

Welll, back up a second, calm down, amd think about it. Restaurants are a luxury, not a necessity. If some of them go kaput because of our very real crisis, this pandemic, then so be it. Restaurant owners, like any other owners of any business, take their chances. I will be very sad to see many of my beloved locally-owned restaurants close, should this pandemic continue, but big fat government bailouts for them? No. Just...no.

Cutting the Sip' income tax will make up for such.

Go get em' tiger !
( I mean Tater) .

Even if the income tax is phased out, we will always be light years behind the "surrounding" states.

Just like giving teachers a raise every year ( without any measure of performance).

"Just like giving teachers a raise every year ( without any measure of performance)."

Don't you get tired of chirping that nonsense? You have no fuckin' idea! If teachers had the ability to reprogram and un-indoctrinate all children who had no home training, they'd be worth what Carey Wright is paid.

"If minimum wage goes to $15 per hour, many independent restaurants will close and no restaurant bailout will save them. Robert St. John might want to think about that."

Archie to Edith: "But Edith...He don't care as long as the ones closin' ain't his or those of his best buds!"

Who are Archie and Edith? A TV show?

I too am a restaurant owner and see both sides.. We have had to change the way we do business.. and food cost is going up. Allowed seating is going down and folks are just afraid to be out. I get it, I respect it, I too want people to be protected and safe. At the end of the day, we are struggling to keep our doors open and I never thought we would make it until now.. Its week to week to pay our vendors and our employees.
All of that said... I cannot get any staff to come to work or take a job! Since the gov't handed out the new rules of unemployment, some folks seem to want to sit on their ass and I am already working 60+ hours a week. Only now I manage, cook, wash dishes and take delivery orders. Its a season.
I am not opposed to hard work, but I also don't think the gov't is encouraging hard work for anyone.
Handouts are only going to hurt us.. nothing in this life is free!
$15 an hour is not going to change the people who still don't show up for work and call in sick with a hangover..
I will pay you your worth! There is a difference between hard times and how the gov't wants to handle OUR Future.
And @2:34.. you can kiss my ass and keep eating at fast food chains.. We don't server our steaks well done with a side of A1!
Rant over.

Robert,

In the story of your son falling from the swing and revealing his butt nakedence, you speak of his Mrs. Hinton as his teacher. Could this have been the same Mrs. Hinton who was first
grade teacher at Demonstration School in 1946?
BTW, your super eccentric great-uncle "Squint" St. John was the Principal of Brooksville High School in the 1950s when I attended there.