Hacker News Reader

My point is why are we putting them in this position? How about a GRANT instead of a loan?

The restaurant is TOAST when the loan starts being due as they try to reopen in the middle of recession after a forced closing and they'll all be out of work trying to feed themselves, pay rent and take care of their loved ones.

View on HN

>How about a GRANT instead of a loan?

You mean free money, just because? How could you even begin to figure out who deserves it? That'd be a lot of offices and bureaucracy to set up to solve the question. Unless you just want to give wads of cash to any restaurant claiming to need help, in which case I'm glad you're not leading the economy.

At that point, you might as well just give that money directly to the restaurant owner, and all the employees, for the duration of the crisis.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com