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  • Jun 15, 2023, 03:59 PM
    tomder55
    your government at work
    $4.2 trillion of your monopoly bucks was given away by your benevolent masters due to the covid crisis .

    A new report says that more than $400 billion of it was either stolen or wasted ....and the figure is likely to grow,

    Quote:

    An Associated Press analysis found that fraudsters potentially stole more than $280 billion in COVID-19 relief funding; another $123 billion was wasted or misspent. Combined, the loss represents 10% of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has so far disbursed in COVID relief aid.

    That number is certain to grow as investigators dig deeper into thousands of potential schemes.
    The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wasted | AP News


    It gets better

    Remember that Payroll Protection Plan( PPP)

    "only 23 to 34 percent of the [PPP's] funds went directly to workers who would have otherwise lost their jobs."

    w29669.pdf (nber.org)

    US taxpayers shelled out $4 for every $1 that went to workers under the PPP according to the St Louis Federal Reserve .

    Was the Paycheck Protection Program Effective? (stlouisfed.org)


    When Quid Pro Joe starts throwing mega taxpayer bucks around the first question should be is how much goes to the "Big Guy " and his cronies ?

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