Planned Parenthood affiliates improperly applied for, received $80 million in coronavirus stimulus funds, feds say

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I am no soothsayer but please refer to my previous posts criticizing the whole $2.2 trillion stimulus plan DJT put his signature to. This is the tip of the corruption/misappropriation iceberg. They would have had to physically removed me from office before I would have signed that bill. Straight government kneejerk election year politics with your/your kids/their kids and their kids tax money. DJT must have left his balls on AF-1 that day. I understand congress created the bill but he was the last hope to clean it up or no signature. Disgraceful.
 
From the Times:

There have clearly been problems with the business loan programs in the federal government’s coronavirus stimulus.​
Many companies, especially small businesses, have struggled to get loans. And in a high-profile hearing yesterday, several senators criticized Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, and Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, for those problems.​
More quietly, though, there also seems to be a growing recognition in Congress — among members of both parties — that the execution of the stimulus program hasn’t been the main problem. The design of the program has been.​
Much of the rest of the world — including Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Germany and South Korea — has followed one strategy on coronavirus stimulus. Governments have temporarily paid the salaries of workers in order to prevent millions of layoffs.​
The United States has taken a different path. It created a complicated mix of different stimulus policies, including loans to businesses and checks for families. This approach doesn’t appear to be working: The U.S. has had a sharper rise in unemployment than other countries. Many jobless Americans have also lost their health insurance — in the midst of a pandemic.​
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