[JSH]

We have some restaurants still operating here for take-out only too. However, that means a lot of their employees are laid off. (Hosts, servers, bartenders, busboys, etc) Most of those employees are not eligible for unemployment insurance.

We stopped into our favorite brewery yesterday to pick up some bottles and help support a local small business. They are now open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 4-6pm selling bottles. The owner is only person working. His 11 employees have been laid off. They are all part time workers (he can't afford to pay health insurance) so they are not eligible for unemployment. He is out of bottles and labels so what he has in inventory is all he has to sell.

He was trying to stay upbeat but the reality is many small business like his are going to go out of business. Rent and loan payments are still due but money isn't coming in.

EDIT. Yes, $1200 a month is a lot of money in many places. However, it won't even keep people in their homes on the Coasts. The median 2-bedroom unit in my Portland suburb rents for $2,097 a month.