Originally Posted by
AxelWolf
We shouldn't get paid for a vacation.
For a vacation...No. That would be time that we
choose to take off. That is part of being a professional player and being self employed. We set our hours and decide when we work and don't.
But this isn't our choice. The casinos were forced to close by government order and we as workers and self employed
are being told by the government to stay home. This takes obviously away our livelihood, just the same as anyone else.
If the government is going to give people effected by this shutdown. Money to help compensate for money they can't earn during the shutdown, we are just as entitled to that help as anyone else, because we have lost our livelihood. You will notice I said "if", because that is not the way I would have done it. But that is a different discussion.
I should note, my comments were specific to Axel's
"shouldn't get paid for a vacation" comments and I was referring more to the areas of the relief package, dealing with the direct payments and unemployment compensation. For the business grants, that Alan mentioned specific to this thread...no, a professional gambler should not qualify, even if he has set himself up as a small business. That part of the relief package is clearly for small restaurant and shops and such.