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Small business owners talk struggle with 'slow and unresponsive' stimulus program.
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    1. @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.

    2. @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.

  1. 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.

    1. @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.

    2. @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.

    3. @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

  2. 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

    1. 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

    2. 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

    1. From what i understand harvard was never supposed to recieve any of that money in the first place.

    2. 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.

    1. An unnecessary lockdown that was originally just supposed to “flatten the curve” is turning into full on, “say uncle” democrat policies.

    2. jason smith the economy being strong doesn’t mean it will survive longer when it’s almost completely shut down for months on end.

    3. @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.

    1. @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.

    2. @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.

    1. 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

  3. Thankfully SMALL TIME BUSINESSES LIKE RUTH CHRIS got the 20 million bailout they desperately needed after charging 100 dollars for steaks.

  4. 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

    1. Your conspiracy is a little over the top, but the government does sucks in doing their job with this loans stuff.

  5. 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.

    1. They prioritized immediate employment and giving money that has to be paid back, big business loans.

    1. @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

    2. 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.

  6. 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 😕

  7. you didn’t get anything because harward university took $9 mill and so did many big businesses that didn’t need the money.

  8. when some franchise “small business” could getting 20 million then you know this isn’t really for small business.

  9. 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.

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