Michigan lawmakers have made it too easy during the coronavirus pandemic for people “to stay home and collect unemployment rather than go to work,” a restaurant owner claims in a new TV ad.
Antonio Rugiero, who owns five Italian restaurants, says he’s been struggling to fill 50 to 60 positions amid the outbreak. Rugiero took out a full-page newspaper ad and received hardly any applications, he told FOX 2 of Detroit. “Some of the responses we did get, they didn’t even show up for the interview,” he said.
His television spot minces no words, according to the station. “When Covid impacted our lives months ago, my family and staff promised to do our part to feed the community,” he says in the commercial.