Valuetainment - Reaction to Governor Newsom Shutting Down Small Businesses

00:00:00.080 There are certain things in life you can't fix.

00:00:01.840 You can't go act it out.

00:00:02.840 Meaning like you go to a funeral and you see somebody just sobbing, like emotion, you can

00:00:07.120 feel the pain.

00:00:08.120 They just lost a husband, a father, a mother, a daughter.

00:00:10.800 You can feel the pain in a person.

00:00:12.560 A similar feeling is about to happen when I show you two videos of entrepreneurs.

00:00:15.820 One is a lady who runs a restaurant in California, and you have to hear her voice crack when 1.00

00:00:20.560 she's sitting there telling me, I'm losing everything.

00:00:23.120 What else do you want me to do when I'm going through this?

00:00:25.600 The video got 9 million views on Twitter.

00:00:27.520 And another one is when a reporter in Michigan is just reporting the fact that this restaurant

00:00:31.800 owner kept the restaurant open, and all of a sudden the restaurant owner just shows up

00:00:35.360 out of nowhere, and you have to hear his reaction, both impromptu, no preparation, no scripted.

00:00:41.860 They're just telling you what they're going through, and you're going to feel their pain.

00:00:45.340 Let's look at the first one here.

00:00:47.180 It's called Pineapple Saloon and Grill in Sherman Oaks, California.

00:00:51.120 Here's how it goes.

00:00:53.120 So this is my place, the Pineapple Hill Grill and Saloon.

00:00:58.960 If you go to my page, you can see all the work I did for outdoor dining, for tables being

00:01:03.400 seven feet apart.

00:01:04.760 And I come in today because I'm organizing a protest, and I came in to get stuck for that.

00:01:11.120 Watch this.

00:01:12.120 Watch this.

00:01:13.120 And I walk into my parking lot, and obviously, Mayor Garcetti has approved, this, has approved,

00:01:26.400 this being set up for, this being set up for, for a movie company.

00:01:34.400 I'm not going to do Hollywood, which is fine, but it's fine if you allow her to do her thing

00:01:41.240 as well.

00:01:42.240 I'm losing everything.

00:01:45.360 Everything I own is being taken away from me, and they set up a movie company right next

00:01:50.840 to my outdoor patio, which is right over here.

00:01:56.240 And people wonder why I'm protesting, and why I have had enough.

00:02:05.720 They have not given us money, and they have shut us down.

00:02:08.660 We cannot survive.

00:02:09.660 My staff cannot survive.

00:02:11.620 Look at this. 0.93

00:02:14.400 This is hypocrisy at its best.

00:02:17.160 What is the difference between what she's doing? 0.99

00:02:19.080 Tell me that this is dangerous, but right next to me, as a slap in my face.

00:02:29.320 Is she wrong?

00:02:30.320 Is she wrong for saying that?

00:02:31.320 That's safe.

00:02:32.320 This is not politics, by the way.

00:02:33.760 This is not Democrat or Republican.

00:02:35.320 Is she wrong?

00:02:36.320 50 feet away?

00:02:37.320 I don't know.

00:02:40.380 This is infuriating.

00:02:41.380 This is dangerous.

00:02:42.380 Mayor Garcetti and Gavin Newsom is responsible for every single person that doesn't have

00:02:48.420 unemployment, that does not have a job, and all the businesses that are going under.

00:02:53.820 And we need your help.

00:02:55.640 We need somebody to do something about this.

00:02:57.660 Not acting, man.

00:02:58.660 You feel it.

00:02:59.660 I totally feel your pain, man.

00:03:01.380 Oh my gosh.

00:03:02.380 Just listen to that.

00:03:03.380 It's painful.

00:03:04.380 Watch this.

00:03:05.380 Are you surprised when you see something like that?

00:03:06.960 Why Wall Street Journal comes out a couple of days ago, December 4th, Tesla CEO Elon Musk

00:03:10.460 has told friends and associates he plans to move to Texas.

00:03:14.960 Not Tesla, Elon Musk plans to move to Texas, Goldman Sachs from New York, watch what they're

00:03:20.360 doing.

00:03:21.360 When you think about Goldman Sachs, you only think about one place, New York, is reportedly

00:03:24.040 planning to shift one of his divisions to Florida, joining some Wall Street firms, moves

00:03:28.680 out of New York.

00:03:29.680 Then you have HP, the company that literally started Silicon Valley, CNN Business, the company

00:03:34.840 that literally started Silicon Valley is moving to Texas, 55,000 employees, Charles

00:03:40.440 Schwab leaving California for Texas.

00:03:42.240 Okay, and by the way, this lady did a fundraiser, she's raising money to, if you support what 0.90

00:03:46.760 she talked about, you can go, you know, support the message and, you know, support her on the

00:03:50.200 GoFundMe.

00:03:51.200 But this is just one business.

00:03:52.200 Now watch, I don't sit there and say, you know, well, Governor Newsom and Mayor Garcetti

00:03:57.920 are evil people, because you know, there's a lot of people that say they're evil.

00:04:00.740 I have a hard, let's just say they are, I have a hard time going there.

00:04:04.240 I have a hard time believing they are totally evil people, and they want to see people like

00:04:08.880 them go out of business, they want to hurt people, I can't fully believe that.

00:04:14.040 But what I do believe is the following, there's a big difference between, you know, in sales

00:04:19.120 when you're selling whatever you sell, we used to always say, use the grandma rule.

00:04:22.880 If you're able to sell a product to your grandma, then you can sell it to other people.

00:04:26.900 But if you can't sell this product to your grandma or your own family, your own blood,

00:04:29.940 you can't sell it to other people.

00:04:31.260 Why are you selling it to other people and you don't buy it yourself?

00:04:33.840 It's the grandma test that we always talk about.

00:04:35.920 What if this was Garcetti's sister?

00:04:38.960 What if this is Newsome's sister?

00:04:40.060 You think she would be going through that situation?

00:04:42.320 That's somebody's sister.

00:04:43.640 That's somebody's daughter that's going through this.

00:04:45.540 She's not faking it.

00:04:46.820 She's not trying to be a billionaire.

00:04:48.020 This is not a billionaire driving a Lamborghini living in a $10 million home.

00:04:53.160 This is a small business owner who's got people working for her, counting on a $10 an hour 1.00

00:04:58.240 job, $15 an hour job, with the tips to pay their bills.

00:05:01.200 They're not saying, bail me out.

00:05:02.800 They're not saying, I just want to take handouts.

00:05:04.800 They're saying, let me work.

00:05:06.680 Let me get back to work.

00:05:07.740 Watch what happens here in Michigan.

00:05:10.700 Similar story.

00:05:11.860 They're doing a basic reporting.

00:05:13.940 This lady's asking the question, it's a minute long. 1.00

00:05:16.620 Watch in the middle of this interview what takes place.

00:05:19.120 Watch this here.

00:05:20.120 News Channel 3 is Tavarius Haywood.

00:05:21.320 This is Michigan.

00:05:22.320 We'll have to go to college with the details on why the judge said no.

00:05:28.380 Is everything okay?

00:05:29.220 My government leaders have abandoned me.

00:05:31.600 Are you?

00:05:32.220 Are you the owner?

00:05:32.780 $4 trillion of stimulus money.

00:05:34.640 I gave it to who?

00:05:35.500 Special interest groups and campaign donors.

00:05:37.560 I'm Dave Morris.

00:05:38.420 I own the pledge.

00:05:38.840 it to who special interest groups and campaign donors i'm dave morris i own the place so what's

00:05:43.720 going on what's going on you know what's going on tell me you tell me hey we got a government

00:05:49.080 that has taken the stimulus money they gave it to special campaign donors they gave it to special

00:05:55.160 interest they abandoned me and they have put me in a position where i have to fight back

00:06:01.160 so you could have given me money i'd gladly walk away for 60 days let this virus settle down

00:06:05.960 i'm not going to do it alone okay are you going to continue to violate the state's orders and stay

00:06:10.760 open state state order this isn't an order this is a conspiracy this is a tyranny what do you want to

00:06:16.360 tell others that lie he's not lying about being a tyranny it's time to rise up gotcha get rise up

00:06:23.480 shut it all down or don't shut any of us down that's the only way to get control of a virus

00:06:28.120 he's not lying though when you listen to something like that he's not lying by the way you're feeling

00:06:31.960 in the pain of people here this isn't somebody that just was paid to act this isn't somebody that

00:06:37.080 just says hey you know you go say this here's a script read these cars that we're holding up

00:06:41.800 you know go through this teleprompter them no no it's pain it's in the middle of it that this is taking

00:06:46.280 place so what do you do with a situation like this couple different things number one uh uh if if

00:06:51.480 you are going through this and you're not being vocal and your garcetti type of mayor is not hearing it

00:06:58.200 and you're not getting out there to get this message out to folks like a governor newsom or cuomo

00:07:03.720 then you're not doing your part you got to get this message out then there's by the way you may

00:07:07.240 not be thinking about they're listening they have to listen the messaging is out there we're doing

00:07:11.000 it we're putting this stuff out there for people to hear it but this is what i will say for anybody

00:07:14.760 that's a local small business owner support them here's what i'd be doing anybody that's a small

00:07:19.880 restaurant your small business owner we support last night we went to a nice little restaurant small

00:07:24.120 business owner i've noticed uh a asian man that owns this restaurant we took the kids

00:07:28.520 and it gets like but i don't like this by someone i don't like this food you're gonna eat this food

00:07:33.080 why because they have great food you just don't like this you're gonna try this food here but we

00:07:37.960 smart this local business owner and the guy came about and said hey how you doing can i get you some

00:07:42.360 ice cream treated us royally i support that small business owner i support a small business on a greek

00:07:48.760 restaurant on sundays i support them and once a week tip 40 once a week if you can

00:07:54.600 tip the best service you get 40 and if you're saying pat but i live in california all the

00:07:59.000 restaurants are closed do doordash do uber eats do whatever you can to do take out you got to keep

00:08:04.680 these people in business it's not just about their money they matter to you just as much as you matter

00:08:10.600 to them they gotta be around so one day when your kid wants to get a part-time job he ends up working

00:08:15.240 with one of these guys or one of them it's not about just making sure they stay in business for them

00:08:20.760 long term your community benefits by the small business owners stay in business why because

00:08:25.720 nearly 50 of all jobs in america are created by small business owners not the multi-billion dollar

00:08:31.000 companies 50 of all jobs in america are created by small business owners and here's the last one if

00:08:36.280 your governor or the mayor doesn't want to do anything about it and you stay there that's your

00:08:40.200 fault it's not their fault because if somebody abuses their power against you and you don't do nothing

00:08:45.880 about it it's no longer their fault it's your fault we left iran we came here i know what it

00:08:51.880 is to be a small business owner going through the pain i remember what it was in 2011 2012 when i'm

00:08:56.680 going through a small business business that i'm building and i put all my life savings into the

00:09:01.000 business every single penny i had saved i put into the business a half a million dollars was a lot of

00:09:05.880 money for me at that time i put into the business it went all the way down to 13 000 i come home one night

00:09:11.000 my wife's telling me she had a miscarriage she's breaking down crying 1 30 in the morning i don't know what

00:09:15.800 i'm going outside walking around in the community at the summit in woodland hills listening to my ipod

00:09:21.800 at that time and saying what the hell am i going to do i'm about to run out of my 13 000 how do i pay

00:09:26.600 the salary how do i pay the office rent how do i was this close we're going out anxiety anxiety anxiety

00:09:32.520 that's what small businesses go through so the first one is support the small business owners

00:09:36.920 restaurants number two tip them 40 number three if your mayor or governor is not listening to you

00:09:43.320 and they're not supporting small business owners and you stay there start looking at other options

00:09:48.280 i have a video i made titled 10 reasons to consider moving to another state a message to governors if

00:09:53.160 you've never watched it click over here to watch that video it'll give you 10 reasons why you ought

00:09:58.120 to consider moving to another state what numbers and data you ought to be paying attention to and if at

00:10:03.480 the same time you're somebody that lives in california or new york or michigan and you feel more people are

00:10:08.920 going through similar stories like this any other stories you have of people that are going through

00:10:13.000 this send it our way we want to hear about it send it to me on instagram i want to hear about any other

00:10:17.960 stories that you hear like this because we want to support those small business owners just like

00:10:21.960 we're supporting angela here with a go for me that we're going to put the link below as well having said

00:10:26.440 that go watch that video if you haven't yet and uh we look forward to hearing those stories from

00:10:30.280 other business owners that are going through challenges as well right now for us to support them

00:10:38.920 that's what we're more dedicated to

00:10:46.060 thinking of if you can createules in real life on the terms of changing socireto istitag

00:10:59.400 that you can need to help with some of the charges that you have to be talking about

Valuetainment - December 08, 2020

Reaction to Governor Newsom Shutting Down Small Businesses

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