Ok then. So when you decline the raise, I’m going to need to see your balance sheet! How much are your actual expenses? How much revenue is coming in? How much profit are you taking out of here?
I’m fully away you may have committed a lot of money to lease or buy property, equip. Fine. (While we’re in that topic, where did you get that money? If you didn’t earn it yourself then you risk little by committing it to the business).
We need to build a catalog of every business (or as many as possible) in our communities. The public needs to know who the owners are, what they’ve invested and where it came from, what are their expenses and profits. How much is going to employees? If the owners are telling the truth about not being able to pay then this will become clear to everyone… win win. But if they’re unwilling (which they will be) then it confirms that they’re full of shit