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The American People Got Robbed, and We Won’t be Told Who Did It.
In the midst of a pandemic and economic crisis, the rich are still coming back to take even more.
While the coronavirus continues to spread and record numbers of cases are once again being reported in states like Florida, it’s been difficult to fully come to terms with the seemingly endless ways this virus has impacted lives throughout the country. Not only are over 100,000 people gone forever, tens of millions are feeling the economic impact and the toll this virus has taken on financial stability and wellbeing. But as countless people struggle to put food on the table for their families let alone make rent or mortgage payments, the government of the richest nation on earth gave the American people one time, means tested checks of $1200 dollars. At the same time, 500 billion dollars of our tax payer money was set aside for businesses in loans, that can be forgiven in full if recipients maintain their payrolls. But Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and the Trump administration refuse to disclose who the money is being given to.
Zachary Warmbrodt with Politico writes:
“…One of the hurdles senators said they faced in drafting new aid efforts is that they lacked data on where relief money is going. For the first time…
