While I live in the same state as you I feel a world away. You asked us to help you, and we did. You asked us to close our businesses, and we did. You asked us to stay home, and we did. You asked us to continue to stay at home, and we are. So here I am, at home, waiting. You told us don’t worry unemployment will come, it hasn’t. You told us don’t worry grants are coming, they haven’t. You told us don’t worry forgivable loans are coming, they haven’t. So here I am, at home waiting. I wait alongside most of my fellow small business owners, those self-employed and independent contractors. A massive number of Illinois residents who are waiting for the unemployment portal to open for us, waiting for loan approvals, waiting for stimulus checks. All of these programs that we are at the back of the line for. So here we wait. While bills come daily, our savings accounts continuously dwindling and we are still doing our part. It is time you do yours. It is an inconceivable expectation to close unessential business halting all income and expect us to survive. We need to pay our bills and put food on the table. Without immediate action, you are leaving us no options. How are we to survive? We deserve an answer. Coming soon is no longer acceptable!!!
The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits. -Thomas Jefferson
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