Billionaires want people back at work – workers aren’t so sure

Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, said on Fox News that Americans should get back to work and let ‘grandparents’ take care of themselves. — Filepic/AP

BILLIONAIRE Tom Golisano was smoking a Padron cigar on his patio in Florida on Tuesday afternoon. The American was worried.

“The damages of keeping the economy closed as it is could be worse than losing a few more people, ” says Golisano, founder and chairman of the payroll processor Paychex Inc. “I have a very large concern that if businesses keep going along the way they’re going then so many of them will have to fold.”