Big companies like meat packers were greedily anxious to remain open despite the sickness and death tolls of their employees. They had apparently gotten an under the table agreements and assurances from the republicans that they would be taken care of legislatively.
Trump also signed an executive order declaring them as essential. giving a patina of legitimacy to their pandemic greed but no guarantee of protections under the Defense Protection Act which Trump failed to implement.
Now the meat packers are feeling terror because they seeing the mounting death toll, Trump is about to leave office with a trail of disaster in his wake, and the republicans in congress are no closer to exempting them from liability from #COVID19.
The big companies are about to get burned because they relied on and trusted Trump and the republicans, and their greed and their politics got out ahead of their common sense and compassion for their employees.
Because of their actions and their negligence, some of those companies will eventually be put out of business - and they will have deserved it. As their fortunes turn, so will those of the republican party who depend on their donations.
I hate to see workers suffer because of the boneheaded actions of their employers. But unfortunately in order for the employers to reap what they've sown, their employees will be hurt in the process.
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