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“Limited martial law.” That freedom stuff is a nuisance.

 

Possibly my most favorite post in this thread, maybe even on this board.

 

My friend, this was used as a Nixon joke on the classic family sitcom, “Family Ties.”

It remains a hoot.

 

Justice Department Investigating Possible Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme - Justice Department Investigating Possible Bribery-For-Pardon Scheme

 

"You can fool some of the people all of the time " is a business model.

 

To quote Bret Maverick, "My pappy used to say you can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time and those are pretty good odds."

 

I'm not glued to cable news 24/7 but when did Lou Dobbs and Maria Baritomo, whose jobs are, I thought, to give us business news, get so batshit crazy about politics?

 

More than half of emergency small-business funds went to larger businesses, new data shows


The Trump administration has emphasized PPP loans to small firms, but most of the $522 billion went to about 600 larger companies and chains

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/ppp-sba-data/


More than half of the money from the Treasury Department’s coronavirus emergency fund for small businesses went to just 5 percent of the recipients, according to data on more than 5 million loans that was released by the government Tuesday evening in response to a Freedom of Information Act request and lawsuit.

According to data on the government’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), about 600 mostly larger companies, including dozens of national chains, received the maximum amount allowed under the program of $10 million.

Officials from the Treasury Department and the Small Business Administration (SBA) have argued the program primarily benefited smaller businesses because a vast majority of the loans ― more than 87 percent ― were for less than $150,000, as of August. But the new data shows more than half of the $522 billion in the same time frame went to bigger businesses, and only 28 percent of the money was distributed in amounts less than $150,000.