The COVID-19 pandemic has been an acute threat to millions of small businesses. Congress created the Paycheck Protection Program as a lifeline. The program provided loans — equivalent to about two-and-a-half months of payroll — to businesses with 500 employees or less. As long as most of the money was spent on payroll, the loans are forgiven by the government. Thus far, the program has allocated over $500 billion in taxpayer dollars.
My small business received a PPP loan and we would not have been able to pay our employees otherwise. I'm sure a lot of the PPP went to deserving businesses but to refuse to disclose everyone who received a loan, it's painfully obvious this was the latest abuse of power by the trump administration. I get SO tired of arguing with his brain dead cult on social media. It's so nice to come to a place where I know I'm getting real information. It seems like all of your readers care about the truth and just wants what's best for everyone. I love these articles and the community! Keeps me sane!
Ever since the Trump ADM got by with the first refusal to provide transparency, documetation, answer subpoenas, firing IG's et al, it has snowballed into an avalanche of No's. It started with his tax returns and after the failure of the Senate with his Impeachment procedure, he has become Godzilla president.
I don't see this getting any better, but getting worse as each new grifter example like this one, and other corruption surfaces.
Sadly the base of his ignorant followers, Fox and his other media outlets, the GOP and the 1% still defend him.
And Mitch continues to pack the Federal Courts...I fear even if Biden is elected, the Congressional stalemate of today will additionally become a quagmire of federal courts against the legislative branch (provided Senate turns blue, House remains so or this stacking of bills etc will continue) and the executive branch.
Times are tough. We are in deep trouble in America.
The corruption of our present government knows no bounds and no end. It steals our taxes to enrich the individuals we elected to serve us. We need to vote in November to take back control of our country.
The corruption of this administration is astounding. You must know with all that $$(tax dollars) floating around it went to big corporations and friends and family. What happened to the oversight promised by the House. We need to hold them accountable also.
Thank you yet again Judd! You very clearly and simply state the facts and the conclusion is simple - our taxpayer funds are lining some wealthy pockets. With GOP control of the Senate, we will never know the details.
Releasing the PPP information would be as deadly to the blob as releasing his income taxes: look who's been taking illegal funds, eh? No question blob properties were recipients of PPP, even though the legislation specifically forbade any entity with any blob association from being eligible.
HCA Healthcare has received about a billion, with a B, in bailout funds since the start of the pandemic. Check out today’s(6/17) issue of the Asheville Citizen Times for all the gory details.
Where have the Democrats been on this issue? Maybe Nancy Pelosi should stop reading from the Bible or kneeling in kente cloth and do something meaningful to stand up to congressional Republicans.
When they refuse to release the recipients of forgivable loans you *know* the money went to people/businesses who didn’t deserve or need it.
My small business received a PPP loan and we would not have been able to pay our employees otherwise. I'm sure a lot of the PPP went to deserving businesses but to refuse to disclose everyone who received a loan, it's painfully obvious this was the latest abuse of power by the trump administration. I get SO tired of arguing with his brain dead cult on social media. It's so nice to come to a place where I know I'm getting real information. It seems like all of your readers care about the truth and just wants what's best for everyone. I love these articles and the community! Keeps me sane!
Maybe it's just me, but I thought that this was "our money". Shouldn't we know who got it?
Ever since the Trump ADM got by with the first refusal to provide transparency, documetation, answer subpoenas, firing IG's et al, it has snowballed into an avalanche of No's. It started with his tax returns and after the failure of the Senate with his Impeachment procedure, he has become Godzilla president.
I don't see this getting any better, but getting worse as each new grifter example like this one, and other corruption surfaces.
Sadly the base of his ignorant followers, Fox and his other media outlets, the GOP and the 1% still defend him.
And Mitch continues to pack the Federal Courts...I fear even if Biden is elected, the Congressional stalemate of today will additionally become a quagmire of federal courts against the legislative branch (provided Senate turns blue, House remains so or this stacking of bills etc will continue) and the executive branch.
Times are tough. We are in deep trouble in America.
The corruption of our present government knows no bounds and no end. It steals our taxes to enrich the individuals we elected to serve us. We need to vote in November to take back control of our country.
The corruption of this administration is astounding. You must know with all that $$(tax dollars) floating around it went to big corporations and friends and family. What happened to the oversight promised by the House. We need to hold them accountable also.
Thank you yet again Judd! You very clearly and simply state the facts and the conclusion is simple - our taxpayer funds are lining some wealthy pockets. With GOP control of the Senate, we will never know the details.
Releasing the PPP information would be as deadly to the blob as releasing his income taxes: look who's been taking illegal funds, eh? No question blob properties were recipients of PPP, even though the legislation specifically forbade any entity with any blob association from being eligible.
Wonder who'll go to jail when it's all disclosed?
<crickets>
We will need Nuremberg-like trials in 2021.
HCA Healthcare has received about a billion, with a B, in bailout funds since the start of the pandemic. Check out today’s(6/17) issue of the Asheville Citizen Times for all the gory details.
Where have the Democrats been on this issue? Maybe Nancy Pelosi should stop reading from the Bible or kneeling in kente cloth and do something meaningful to stand up to congressional Republicans.
Proprietary? What does proprietary even *mean* in this context?