Small business owners talk struggle with 'slow and unresponsive' stimulus program.
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All that loan money is gone already..
@jess d What this big companies do with all their BILLIONS in profits? Pay them to themselves and hide the money in a tax heaven country? Don’t be naive.
@Jose Robles that’s what I’m thinking. They these super corps could even ride out a month, are they living above their means just greedy is what I say. Its that mind set that these regular people have that fight the good fight for them ,they are why these greedy corps get away with this time after time after time. They dont have to do anything play the I’m a victim role a d the masses will go to bat for them,it really is crazy.
No kidding genius
Patrick C_7 u would if u would have saved 1200 🤷🏻♂️
My heart goes out to all small businesses, the owners and their employees that have been impacted. Hope they come out ok, this too shall pass.
@Nottotv i agree with you…we are from Portland Or …and most are democrats and they fight big business…..they uphold and support all small businesses…..he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
@Nottotv oh yeah? They fought for small businesses by including Carbon reports of Airline Flights in the US, a list of the ethnicity of all board members and their salaries or how bout how Pelosi wanted 38 states to lift their Voter ID policies which would allow anyone to simply say their name is Jim Bob and then Jose gets to vote. Tell me again who the democrats were fighting for small businesses to get more money?? How bout you turn off the TV and get educated yourself you clueless muppet. You democrats are literally the bottom the barrel when it comes to being an American. And yes, I go out of my way to let you fools know it.
@coffee Enema
1984 is an intersting story.
except those who own the economy prosper with the illusion of political freedom and economic liberty for the middle class.
the oppressive Over Lord’s of the future?
not enough profit in it for the elite
PROSPERITY
BONANZA
The banks are holding us down people, plus they are just waiting to raise rates ASAP
It’s a hoax to control ushttps://youtu.be/_dB-H2viCYc
Banks? You meant jews
mike sixx
Sad but often true
Uh duh… the rates should be higher once enough people and businesses get back. Figure it out
Shaun Riley 🤣 HOLY CRAP
Some sense talking 🤣
I’ve been out of work for 6 weeks now and it looks like 3-4 more weeks as a barber, I have gotten no funds or anything yet. I can’t last much longer. 22 years old living on my own car payments and just other amenities I have no income it’s killing me
R C I filed 4 weeks ago haven’t received a dollar yet
Rosaaa m yeah everyone’s going off saying I can file and I did and haven’t received any money since I filed for 4 weeks
Abner yeah let me go work at the place that’s mobbed with people
Jake Jonesy what did you just type? Lol educate yourself and then comment on my post and you edited this comment to and still made 0 sense
Jake Jonesy oh yeah I almost forgot, man up
Hopefully Shake Shack and Harvard giving back that 18 million back, that will help.
From what i understand harvard was never supposed to recieve any of that money in the first place.
Harvard wasnt going to get money from the PPP loan program. Instead it was going to recieve money from the CARES act. the one that gave stimulus checks.
I believe they both ended up giving the money back
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BONANZA
If you’re waiting for government to save you it’s already too late
An unnecessary lockdown that was originally just supposed to “flatten the curve” is turning into full on, “say uncle” democrat policies.
jason smith the economy being strong doesn’t mean it will survive longer when it’s almost completely shut down for months on end.
@Travis Abong is an iphone, cable tv, and internet essential for living? No…it’s not.
@David Whitten funny how they have plenty of money for those items but as soon as they are called on to take care of their own finances they scream foul. Its pathetic.
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But Harvard University got their’s ASAP. WTF!
@Madj 1970 The Kennedy Center is a cultural center beneficial to all of us. You should visit it sometime you can learn something, who knows.
@Mole
the more educated you become the more you can estimate real risks and thus become more out going and liberal.
everybody understands your conservatism.
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They returned the money
I’m sure they was like hey Harvard… here before anyone else…. stupid
The government is always slow to give back. But when it’s time to take they’re on top of it.
or just let them open up their businesses
So your tax payment extension through July 15th is…???
Yoga can be done virtually from peoples homes.
You don’t need a dedicated gym to do that.
Problem, reaction, solution
How to take away more freedoms and rights while making this the new norm and make the rich richer while giving out loans to the other 99 % so they accrue more debt, economics 101 sheeple
@P and yet a lot of people wants the government to take care of our healthcare..hmm🤔
Thankfully SMALL TIME BUSINESSES LIKE RUTH CHRIS got the 20 million bailout they desperately needed after charging 100 dollars for steaks.
Hey i like ruth chris
this is part of the plan to eliminate small business entirely and allow for pure corporate monopoly
in turn, this will destroy the middle class so that only the affluent and only the poor remain
thus, the poor will be easier to herd and command, and will not get in the way of the plans of the oligarchs
They should have taken away our guns first, bad planning there.
Your conspiracy is a little over the top, but the government does sucks in doing their job with this loans stuff.
The debt clock is over $24 trillion. This debt will burden future generations for decades, and they will despise us for the way we handled this virus with endless bailouts. Enough.
We will never be out of debt. Not in our lifetime or our kids.
Word2the Wise not if the stock market crashes, which looks likely as an outcome
We????
The world economy is made to create debt
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Banks prioritized large companies who owe them more money then you do.
Yourname942 So true!
Yourname942 truth bomb right there. They even said as much.
Daniel Daniels that’s how media works.
They prioritized immediate employment and giving money that has to be paid back, big business loans.
Sounds like a government run purge
Everything seems exactly the same to me
“Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem.” -Ronald Reagan
@AlexandDevinVids trickle down economics isn’t a real term. It was a slogan to confuse bosses hiring employees with bosses just handing you their money. It was great slogan to make dumb people believe they were losing something they weren’t
SuperUber1101 lack of government is the issue right now.
government is the power to the people. instead of a few inheriting the power.
we have 2 parties representing corporations and their economies, the population is just the slaves, the workers.
and then Reagan republicans tax policy began creating the first $trillion dollar national debt
I have been working everyday day I can only hope to die my feet hurt and I am tired and there is no toilet paper 😕
The banks: which restaurants do we like? We’ll give them the loans.
Small business darwinism
you didn’t get anything because harward university took $9 mill and so did many big businesses that didn’t need the money.
when some franchise “small business” could getting 20 million then you know this isn’t really for small business.
The government is forcing businesses to close. Then giving them LOANS? So every small business in America is going to be in debt to the US government 🤔 yeah great idea we will be like China in less than a year.
I didn’t even get an email back it’s ridiculous