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The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says (apnews.com)
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More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives. That's according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs designed to help small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.

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[โ€“] thann@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That and that fact that they wrote the bill in such a way that McDonalds was considered a small buisness means actual small businesses got very little

[โ€“] dismalnow@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

To be fair, McDucks is mostly franchises with fewer than 20 employees. Corporate is mostly just the supply infrastructure and licensing.