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COVID-19 shut down the country, and the government shut down businesses, some churches, and schools. With most people not working, except ‘essential people,’ the government had to step in, and they added programs to the bill to ensure American people and businesses kept their heads above water. Like most things the government tries, it’s probably with good intentions.
The additional federal unemployment money provided to states and the Payment Protection Program, which provided forgivable loans to self-employed, 1099, and businesses, were the government’s big solutions. As is the case with almost every government program, transparency and accountability are never included. Between the two programs, Americans committed fraud from their own government in the amount of $500 billion.
An astronomical amount has been slow to collect and will never fully be recovered. The DOJ has been busy investigating and prosecuting, but they have only recovered about $100 million of the half trillion dollars. On this episode of ‘Truth Be Told with Booker Scott,’ we look into the program’s faults as Congress investigates again.
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