• Neuromancer
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    303 months ago

    Safety nets were in place. That’s why companies got money to pay employees.

    I do not think corporations should be able to buy SFH except in rare conditions. I don’t mind landlords as there is a need for rentals but I have an issue with companies with billions of dollars buying up houses.

    • PP_GIRL_
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      That’s why companies got money to pay employees.

      Lmao okay.

      PPP was the biggest wealth funnel in modern American history. The funny part about how leftists always defend COVID policies is that they’re defending what was maybe Trump’s biggest grift. Certainly the most successful, because even his most vocal opponents will eat themselves alive the second one of their own criticizes it, and MAGAts have no issue with doublethink.

      I don’t mind landlords as there is a need for rentals

      You’re equating two different issues as one. Yes, there is a need for short-term housing. No, that does not mean that landlords are the ones who should manage it.

      • @halcyoncmdr
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        The PPP itself was just fine, Trump got rid of the independent oversight watchdog that was to look over it. And months later once it was trying to hobble its way back to oversight, the administration instructed government agencies to be as uncooperative as possible. So of course without a watchdog, the foxes took everything they could from the hen house. The program itself wasn’t the issue.

        https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-health-cc921bccf9f7abd27da996ef772823e4

        https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN23M2XC/

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          Trump got rid of the independent oversight watchdog that was to look over it.

          And unsurprisingly billions of dollars disappeared shortly afterwards.

        • Neuromancer
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          The intent was good. The execution was bad. The government has been clawing back funds and putting people in prison. They had a time crunch to get it done and that led to some issues

      • Neuromancer
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        143 months ago

        The lady who cuts my hair lived of ppp because she wasn’t allowed to cut hair. It was a life line for millions of people. If you were paid during Covid and were not working. Thank the ppp money.

        No, that does not mean that landlords are the ones who should manage it.

        Then who should manage it?

        • @SupraMario
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          83 months ago

          That’s great but there was a shit ton of theft because trump neutered the watch dog. So a lot of it didn’t go where it should have.

          • @Mirshe
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            23 months ago

            And then even more theft because Trump neutered the court’s ability to requisition records.

            • PP_GIRL_
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              13 months ago

              Lmao there’s the mask off moment

              • Neuromancer
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                That’s not a mask off moment. I have no interest in living in the projects. I’d rather rent a nice house in a nice neighborhood. I don’t want the government involved with my housing.