From Newsgroup: sci.skeptic
On Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:55:49 +0000, Mitchell Holman says...
When federal funds become available -- and I have witnessed
this first hand -- people form organizations to collect that
money.
Case in point: When Trump created Covid
related PPP "loans" his rightwing friends
rushed to collect the free money.
And Trump gave it to them. In secret, no
questions asked.
And you dare to complain about "federal
giveaways"?
Why are you always bringing up shit that are old and out of date, and then failing to research and update the stories you post?
The update to your story is that the "secrecy" ended quite quickly. After the article you shared was published in June 2020, news organizations sued the government. By December 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) was forced to release a full database.
Keeping $500 Billion in Bailout Funds Secret
June 11 2020
The Trump administration intends to keep
secret the names of the businesses that
have received more than $500 billion in
COVID-19 bailout funds through the
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP),
claiming the information is "confidential"
Since faggot won't update his bullshit...
The specific "story" update is that the secrecy mentioned in the article DID NOT LAST.
You always post bullshit and never update it, when it's VERY important that you do, because I'm fissin' to make you look stupid.
In late 2020, following lawsuits from several major news organizations and public interest groups, a federal judge ordered the Small Business Administration (SBA) to release the names and exact loan amounts for all PPP recipients.
As a result, the SBA released a massive database in December 2020 that MADE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION PUBLIC.
https://i.imgur.com/cMnCYRV.mp4
Actually... NO more secrets. But of course, YOU wouldn't know this, because like all lying liberals, you lie by omission.
This allowed journalists and the public to see exactly which companies received the money, including many well-known corporations and political figures.
Since then, there have been extensive investigations and reports detailing which businesses received loans, how much was forgiven, and cases where the funds were misused, leading to thousands of fraud prosecutions by the Department of Justice.
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Court Orders SBA to Release All PPP Data (November 2020) This article explains the legal turning point where a federal judge rejected the government's secrecy claims and ordered the release of all names and exact loan amounts.
URL:
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/11/06/sba-must-release-detailed-ppp-loan-data- judge-rules.html
SBA Releases Full Detailed Dataset (December 2020) A report from the Associated Press on the day the data finally became public, detailing how $700 billion in taxpayer-funded loans were actually distributed.
URL:
https://apnews.com/article/business-small-business-virus-outbreak- government-and-politics-6902269a259c4403061619717ef1b22e
ProPublica: Tracking PPP (Updated Ongoing) This is a text-based database and investigative tool that allows you to search the released data and see updates on which loans were forgiven and which are under investigation.
URL:
https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/
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