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The Great Grift: More than $200 billion in COVID-19 aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says (apnews.com)

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More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives. That's according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs designed to help small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in more than a hundred years.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (12 children)

This was by the criminal Trump administration's design.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago

I remember the debate for oversight in 2020. Democrats wanted money to go to an agency with accountability. Republicans did not.

time.com/5823510/coronavirus-stimulus-oversight/

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