South St. Louis restaurant owners discuss decision to close three businesses this weekend

No doubt, the U.S. economy is on the verge of collapse. The average American is flat broke and in massive debt. You can't even start a business anymore without it being guaranteed to fail. The sad reality is America has been in a state of economic decline since 2001. There's no jobs, not sure how people pay their bills anymore, I sure can't. Back in the 90s, if you wanted to work, there was unlimited work available, the only ones who were broke were those who're lazy. Today, you'd have better odds of winning the lottery than finding a reliable job that actually pays the bills. Inflation is crushing businesses just like this all over America right now. All the result of 2 decades of failed political leadership and poor economic policies.

Saint Louis? That seems really monochrome. Why?

After covid or after Biden?

The late night business is collapsed because of violent crime in St Louis. It cost me less $10 to make a salad and pizza at home versus $40 to go out and risk being assaulted again. Saint Louis City Hall is complicit with drug cartels= no bail policy, lost 15000 rape kits, and no punishment for selling dope to kids. Zero consequences for criminals today in Saint Louis will continue to cause hard working people to flee. 183 murders so far this year in Saint Louis versus 3 in Saint Charles, which has more people. thanks