Opinion: I'm a Low-Wage Worker. I'm not Sacrificing Myself for the Stock Market.
As a server at a busy restaurant, I come in contact with dozens of customers in an average shift. I handle hundreds of dirty plates, glasses, and utensils with my bare hands—all of which have touched customers’ mouths. Contracting Covid-19 could be as easy as taking the wrong person’s fork back to the dish room.
The restaurant itself—an Irish pub—was closed the day before St. Patrick’s Day due to an emergency declaration from the state. I was effectively laid off at the end of my shift that night. Since then, I’ve been self-quarantining, waiting out the pandemic, and waiting for help that has yet to arrive, either from the state unemployment office or from the federal government. My only source of income now is writing, which I can thankfully do as long as I keep paying my internet bill.
For anyone who thinks I should go back to work, I ask: Is potentially infecting me, and the loved ones and strangers I might pass it on to, worth perking up the S&P 500?
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I hope Congress will pass a package similar to legislation proposed by House Financial Services Committee chair Maxine Waters that would, among other things, provide $2,000 for each adult and $1,000 for each child for each month of the crisis; suspend all consumer and small business credit payments; suspend all negative consumer credit reporting; prohibit debt-collection, wage-garnishment, and repossessions during the pandemic, and ban all evictions, foreclosures, and repossessions until we’re in the clear.
https://www.marketwatch.com/articles/im-a-low-wage-worker-im-not-sacrificing-myself-for-the-stock-market-51585230908?mod=mw_latestnews
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But could you explain your response to the op; Your not really calling the poster a "traitor" for refusing to take ridiculous risks for other's financial gain?................or was your response "satire" which I was too stupid to catch................if so sorry.