On: “Today I cut my pay to $0. I'm committed to laying off 0 of our employees.”

[bdcravens]

I think people will spend some of that money even in "non-essential" businesses, after they pay their essentials.

For many small businesses, they can leverage the SBA benefits in the stimulus package to stay afloat.

[hyperpape → bdcravens]

To the first point: maybe they’ll eventually make that money back, but they also may need help to survive the crisis.

As for the second point, I’m a bit confused whether you think you’re disagreeing with me. Giving companies loans on terms they couldn’t otherwise get is a form of supporting them. I was disagreeing with an OP who said we should only care about individuals.