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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 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

This was by the criminal Trump administration's design.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (10 children)

No it was not - it was done too fast with too little oversight and lots of trust in the good nature of the people.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/podcasts/the-daily/pandemic-fraud.html

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Bullshit.

I’ll Be the Oversight -- Trump

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/trump-on-usd500-billion-slush-fund-ill-be-the-oversight.html

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-abruptly-removes-inspector-general-named-oversee-2t/story?id=70024680

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Counter https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/27/podcasts/the-daily/pandemic-fraud.html

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