But giving $1k to people was blasphemous because they could buy groceries and pay rent. This country is an awful place.
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The longest lasting 1k in human history that shit is still running up inflation to this day, bro!
People ain't got no reason work no more!!!!
Everyone is just living off of interest and dividends from that 1k. "Follow me for hot tips on how to invest your stimulus"
I remember folks at that other site bragging they were gonna use their stimmies to buy more stonks
You kidding me? If I spend just 0.1% of that bad boy every year, it'll last me over a thousand years!
Hey guys I'm starting to think this guy Trump isn't even all that good at running the money side of the operations
Not a failure, as intended
Any companies that make their money helping other people get government benefits, are usually sleazy and to be avoided.
So it looks like it wasn’t a bunch of widespread individual fraud, but a bunch of sleazy companies popped up selling the “service” of helping companies qualify for these benefits, and basically committed fraud on the small businesses behalf, telling them and the government that said business qualified for these benefits.
Whenever something shitty happens, there is always a sleaze bag there, makin’ money.
I've also known some sleaze bag business owners who seek these kinds of services because they want to find a way to take advantage of programs n things they don't actually qualify for.
Lock them all up
No shit........................
Covid was amazing for fraud. My state had so much rampant unemployment fraud they essentially gave up on even investigating it. I'm not surprised that other programs also had massive fraud
Put the cookie down! Now!
I was thinking “surprised Pikachu face” but this is better.