Page 13 - May 2020 Web.indd
P. 13

unpaid amount you will be considered   sounds screwy but as POTUS Trump   If  C o mp t r o l l e r  Fr a n c h o t ’s
            in default of the loan and the lender will   pushes hard against Governors to   recommendation is followed and
            move for foreclosure or repossession.   relax social distancing for the sake of   everyone stops making payments to
            Making a bad situation so much worse.  jobs the collateral damage will be the   those whom they are indebted there
                                               jobs he wants people to return to. “Get   will be nothing normal about the “new
            For Comptroller Franchot to suggest   America Working Again” … as soon as   normal”. We will have a whole class

            merely days after POTUS Trump signed   the $600 per stops the end of July! Why   of citizens playing “catch up” that will
            the Care Act into law, the most expensive   would someone give up $15 per hour in   hinder their ability to “Move On’.
            social spending program in the history   unemployment benefit to make $13.50

            of our country, that everyone, working   at their previous job?      We have been forced to remain in our
            or not, ask for three months of  payment                             homes, only coming out for the most
            relief when trillions of dollars is being   Congress and POTUS Trump have   basic of needs, unless we are considered
            committed for individual relief, is   found common ground in Coronavirus;   “essential” to the health and safety or
            troubling. The Federal government is   ground that is fertile for growing   our fellow citizens. We have learned to
            providing $600 per week or $15 per hour   government spending to support those   exist in a virtual world where the benefi t

            in addition to unemployment benefi ts   who have suffered the most in our   of human contact is filtered through a
            provided by the state of $200-$300 per   capitalist economy, small businesses   screen. “6 feet” has become ingrained
            week. Many on unemployment will be   and the unemployed. The CARE Act   in our psyche like facemasks, hand
            making as much as $20 per hour while   will serve as the safety net on which   sanitizer and soap.
            not working.                       businesses and individuals will be able to
                                                                                 “Excuse me do you mind moving back”
                                               save themselves from imminent fi nancial
            If the economy opens up before the                                   is not so much a request any more than
                                               ruin. Billions and billions of dollars
            $600 federal unemployment checks                                     it is a demand upon those whom we are
                                               will fi nd their way into the accounts of
            stop at the end of July, some employers                              not familiar. We fear that some stranger
                                               small business owners and individuals
            who were counting on their employees                                 who does not show symptoms but is
                                               so they can be ready to return to normal
            returning to work will fi nd themselves                               infected gets inside our 6-foot safe zone
                                               activities. But who can envision what the
            competing with unemployment benefi ts                                 and is the contact that pushes us into two
                                               “new normal “will look like?
            instead of other employers. I know this
                                Shorely Comfortable Air

                                        REFRIGERATION  •  HEATING  •  AIR CONDITIONING









                                                                      e
                                                                       a
                                                                      e
                                                                    b
                                                                     l
                                                                     l
                                                                    b
                                                                or
                                                               f
                                                               f
                                                                   a
                                                                  t
                                                                  t
                                                                            o
                                                                           c
                                                                           c
                                                                            o
                                                                             m
                                                                             m
                                                                            o
                                                                        i
                                                                        i
                                                                       a
                                                                        i
                                                                          .
                                                                         r
                                                                         r
                                                           com
                                                   s
                                                   .
                                                 w
                                                    h
                                                    h
                                                   s
                                               w
                                             w w w
                                             www.shorelycomfortableair.comm
                                                 w
                                               w
                                               w
                                                        e
                                                       r
                                                       r
                                                         y
                                                         l
                                                         l
                                                     o
                                                    h
                                                     o
               •  Heat pumps                        1-855-852-7933
               •  Heat pumps
                                                       855
                                                    1
                                                                  7933
                                                            852
               •  Ductless systems
               •  Ductless system
               •  Sheet Metal Ductwork           COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL
               •  Oil and gas furnace cleaning         Licensed  and Insured      ALL MAJOR
               •  24 hour emergency service            MD-HVACR-01-63574    CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
                                                                                   Free Estimates for new
                                                                                   and replacement systems
                                                                                                               13
   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18