Restaurants need more government support, says chef Tom Colicchio
In March, 417,000 hospitality workers. Millions more are expected to file for unemployment this month and next. To battle this stark reality, Congress passed the CARES Act, providing stimulus payments, expansions upon unemployment benefits, and loans and grants to small businesses. But will it be enough to help independent restaurants get through the pandemic?
Tom Colicchio, the restaurateur, chef, and television personality who, with his network of friends, hired a lobbyist to push the interests of small restaurant owners, came onto discuss what the bill gets right, what still needs to be done, and how dire the situation really is out there for restaurant workers and owners.He worries tax payers will see GoFundMe campaigns and takeout and delivery operations and not support bigger government initiatives.
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