Mark Organ
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I'm really impressed with that.
Just right off the cuff.
Wow, there's a lot in there.
But yeah,
Yeah, I mean, I do think that any time the government's coming out and giving a whole bunch of money to some people and not other people, you have the opportunity for unrest and for a lot of social pressures to come up.
I mean, we've seen that in history.
I would say that as a founder, if you have an opportunity to get cash from the government at this point, I'd try to do it.
And you're certainly going to pay enough in taxes over your lifetime.
So if this is your one opportunity to get a little bit, then sure.
As long as it's not too onerous and having to fill out a huge amount number of forms and everything else like that, which I think
Look, I think we're in survival mode right now.
Um,
And so at this point, I'm thinking less about the restaurant worker in Kentucky, and I'm thinking more about how do I make sure that my company survives this.
And my rationale here is, look, when I get to the other side of this, I'm going to be employing three or four times as many people.
I'm going to be generating hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars in value for my customers who are going to be more successful because they're using my software.
So actually, I feel quite justified in this case, especially because I'm going to be spending, you know, I don't know, in the tens of millions of dollars over my lifetime paying taxes.
I think that it's okay to get a little bit of help in a challenging time.
So I think that's okay.
Even if that was a headline, I think I could justify that and say, hey, look, this is a tough time for everybody, right?
And the restaurant business is not actually one that is sustainable.