Here’s One Way to Provide Small Businesses a Fresh Start

The coronavirus is already causing an economic crisis in the United States. But no business will be hit harder in the coming weeks and months than small businesses, which account for more than 99 percent of all businesses in the United States and close to 50 percent of all employment. Of these, 73 percent are sole proprietorships and 89 percent have fewer than 20 employees.

As the virus continues to spread across the nation and people practice social distancing by staying away from stores, restaurants, dry cleaners, it is...