Are you feeling OK? I’m sure if that was the problem, they’d be doing that. Instead of trying to survive in the face of overt government oppression. You do know that most of America works for small businesses, right?
So it appears you need a lesson on the laws of supply and demand. There is never a worker shortage, only a wage shortage.
Most people don't work for small businesses. Almost half are sole proprietorships and a majority of SB's fail anyway.