[rideit]

Got two amazing examples to start. This shit needs to be out there.
first up: Trump

Trump says he won’t comply with key transparency measures in the coronavirus stimulus bill

The administration says it won’t provide documentation for audits into $500 billion in corporate bailout funds.

www.vox.com

second up (anonomou)

Texas company looking to dock stimulus money from paychecks, relieve their payroll: report

At least one company is looking to take advantage of individual stimulus checks to help relieve its economic difficulties.

www.foxnews.com

ho-Lee-shit

 

[stoney]

Line-item veto has already been determined unconstitutional by SCOTUS? Apparently that doesn't matter to the Constitutional Right!

@rideit Better?

 

[Westy]

Quid pro quo dumbo just got 2 trillion of favors

 

[rideit]

One of the lead swamp creatures.

Kushner Cos. Gets $800 Million Federally Backed Apartment Loan

Kushner Cos., the real estate firm owned by the family of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, has received about $800 million in federally backed debt to buy apartments in Maryland and Virginia -- the company’s biggest purchase in a decade.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[Westy]

The White House Pushed FEMA To Give its Biggest Coronavirus Contract to a Company That Never Had to Bid

The Trump administration has rushed through more than $760 million in contracts outside the usual bidding process during its haphazard coronavirus response. It’s highly unusual for the White House to step into FEMA’s supply bidding process.

www.propublica.org

 

[eric strt6]

FEMA cancels controversial $55 million contract to a company that's never manufactured N95 masks after it failed to deliver the order

FEMA told Insider it "does not enter into contracts unless it has reason to believe they will be successfully executed."

www.businessinsider.com

 

[mykel]

Has the swamp been drained of all ethics yet, or is there a residue, kinda like a bathtub ring?

 

[dan-o]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/kennedy-center-announces-250-more-layoffs-in-wake-of-25-million-federal-grant/2020/03/31/461d21ec-72b7-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html

 

[Westy]

The Coronavirus Small-Business Rescue Plan is Leaving Some States Behind

Analysts and politicians noticed certain states receiving money from the Paycheck Protection Program seemed to be getting far more money compared to other states like New York that got far less than its share of the U.S. population.

www.bloomberg.com

 

[rideit]

“Some are more equal than others” fits perfectly here, as it pertains to socialism.

 

[kidwoo]

The Coronavirus Small-Business Rescue Plan is Leaving Some States Behind

Analysts and politicians noticed certain states receiving money from the Paycheck Protection Program seemed to be getting far more money compared to other states like New York that got far less than its share of the U.S. population.

www.bloomberg.com

Open that map in one window and then open this one in another.

ElectoralVote

Track the election with a red/blue map of the US updated daily using the latest state polls.

www.electoral-vote.com

 

[dan-o]

The cronyism tied to those programs is heinous.
Between the Fed and the banks and then again between the banks and the applicants.

 

[kidwoo]

The cronyism tied to those programs is heinous.
Between the Fed and the banks and then again between the banks and the applicants.

It's fucking moronic to do things the circuitous way they're doing it. But it's intentional. They don't give a fuck about people, they want this all monetized and going through banks and 'industry' as much as possible.

You know who's done with this shit? Canada and Germany. Because they just gave money to people. More traceable, faster distribution, and goes straight to the people who need it the most.

 

[wiscodh]

It's fucking moronic to do things they circuitous way they're doing it. But it's intentional. They don't give a fuck about people, they want this all monetized and going through banks and 'industry' as much as possible.

You know who's done with this shit? Canada and Germany. Because they just gave money to people. More traceable, faster distribution, and goes straight to the people who need it the most.

but how can that ceo afford the 3rd house and the housekeeper, gotta think about them job creators man. fuckin commie up in here.

 

[kidwoo]

I'm not the one socializing the finance industry

That's the free market capitalists™......again.

 

[6thElement]

Fairly sure the swamp is an ocean.

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1252209171405176833

 

[dan-o]

Fairly sure the swamp is an ocean.

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1252209171405176833

Fortunately Shake Shack saw the error of their ways (read: 2nd thoughts based purely on potential PR consequences) and returned the $10m loan they didn’t need.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Fortunately Shake Shack saw the error of their ways (read: 2nd thoughts based purely on potential PR consequences) and returned the $10m loan they didn’t need.

Airline industry says "PR what?".

 

[SkaredShtles]

I'm really quite perplexed how a company can be publically traded in a major market (NASDAQ) and qualify for ANYTHING "small business"...

 

[dan-o]

I'm really quite perplexed how a company can be publically traded in a major market (NASDAQ) and qualify for ANYTHING "small business"...

Fuckery somewhat explained.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/white-house-gop-face-heat-after-hotel-restaurant-chains-helped-run-small-business-program-dry/

 

[SkaredShtles]

"In all, more than 70 publicly traded companies have reported receiving money from the program, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission."

It just seems really odd that any publicly traded company could be considered "small business" - by any metric.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Why don't you go where fashion sits, bootstrapping on the Ritz.

Luxury Hotel Company Is Biggest Beneficiary of Small-Business Funds (Published 2020)

Ashford Inc. and the real estate investment trusts it oversees have tapped $53 million in Paycheck Protection Program funds via Ritz Carltons and other hotel holdings

www.nytimes.com

 

[DaveW]

Wonder how many golfing types recently purchased shares?

Royal Philips N.V. agreed in September to sell 10,000 ventilators to the U.S. for $3,280 each. It did not deliver. But the Dutch company just announced a new deal with the government. This time, it’s charging roughly $15,000 each.

 

[stoney]

"In all, more than 70 publicly traded companies have reported receiving money from the program, according to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission."

It just seems really odd that any publicly traded company could be considered "small business" - by any metric.

I have Wifey the list of companies on the retail level. She printed out a copy for the fridge, to make sure we never go to any of them, ever again. It was then forwarded to their marketing firm as a "no business" list.

We're just one household, but we add up a bit.

 

[mykel]

I have Wifey the list of companies on the retail level. She printed out a copy for the fridge, to make sure we never go to any of them, ever again. It was then forwarded to their marketing firm as a "no business" list.

We're just one household, but we add up a bit.

Make that shit viral.

 

[Nick]

Make that shit viral.

Yes. Start here.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Mortgages with your best interests in mind | Interest.com

Consider us your mortgage gurus. We’re here to get rid of the confusing lingo and convoluted processes to make the whole home buying, home refinancing experience easier than it’s ever been before.

www.interest.com

 

[Westy]

Sen. Burr steps aside as Intelligence Committee chair after FBI warrant in stock inquiry

Sen. Richard M. Burr, a Republican from North Carolina, turned his phone over to FBI agents after they served a search warrant at his residence.

www.latimes.com

 

[kidwoo]

I like how they take his phone. By calling his lawyer the day before so he has plenty of time to purge it.

Oh the luxury class.........

 

[Westy]

I like how they take his phone. By calling his lawyer the day before so he has plenty of time to purge it.

Oh the luxury class.........

Pretty sure Obama made him do it.

 

[kidwoo]

What's funny is that trump ass kisser who did the exact same thing as Barr isn't getting scrutiny.

Fuck this country. It's literally a new york mob masquerading as a government.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Congressional investigation finds over $1 billion in coronavirus aid fraud

"The wealthy and well-connected were showered with our tax dollars and fraudsters took advantage of the program's troubling lack of transparency," a government waste watchdog concluded.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[kidwoo]

Congressional investigation finds over $1 billion in coronavirus aid fraud

"The wealthy and well-connected were showered with our tax dollars and fraudsters took advantage of the program's troubling lack of transparency," a government waste watchdog concluded.

www.nbcnews.com

Hey one billion out of two ain't bad!

 

[rideit]

“ya don’t say?”