I'm not sure how you reconcile acknowledging the reality of companies not being able to make payroll for two weeks and also calling it a "canard" in back to back sentences. A "fake canard" would be a double negative by the way ;)
If you reread the thread and the context of what I was responding to it was the OP stating "It's not clear anyone would have lost anything at all ..."
Perhaps you are well-off but losing a pay check for couple of weeks has real consequences for lots of people.
If your payroll plus all other outgoing expenses was greater than $250K then no you would not be able to "make payroll just fine." This is simple math. Arguing against basic math is absurd.
If you reread the thread and the context of what I was responding to it was the OP stating "It's not clear anyone would have lost anything at all ..."
Perhaps you are well-off but losing a pay check for couple of weeks has real consequences for lots of people.