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This is not getting enough air time. All of the same MFs that cry about the Biden inflation were using PPP money to fuel luxury consumption and very few payroll amounts. Get them in jail.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 91 points 7 months ago (2 children)

drop in the bucket eh? tom brady got a million fucking dollars of OUR money. TOM BRADY!

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 72 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Which is why they are asking for more time for more reviews of pandemic spending.

"Lawmakers and the White House are asking to extend the deadline to prosecute pandemic fraud and authorize inspectors general to continue their reviews of pandemic spending."

Perhaps they needed more time to find the yacht he bought with his PPP.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This is still more than was done under the Trump administration and more than will be done if Trump gets in again.

I'll take my wins where I can.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 89 points 7 months ago

hell fucking yes, keep going!!! All the scumbags that get enraged when kids get their predatory loans forgiven but were happy as hell to take PPP loans and have them forgiven

[–] penquin@lemm.ee 25 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Are they going to charge all of those politicians who bitch about student loans forgiveness and their ppp loans were forgiven?

[–] BraveSirZaphod@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

PPP loans were meant to be forgiven so long as they were spent properly on payroll. So long as those politicians followed the rules of the loans, any hypocrisy on the side scummy, but not criminal.

[–] scofflaw@lemm.ee 17 points 7 months ago

Good. Fuck’em.

[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Don’t forget:

$762 billion PPP loans were forgiven out of $793 billion . It was another subsidy for the wealthy as the working class falls further into debt. Socialism for the Rich

Meanwhile, they whine about Student Loans being forgiven.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 7 months ago

The statute of limitations should absolutely be extended for this completely unprecedented event.