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    NORTH SHORE CONNECTOR TURNS TEN ON LINCOLN RADIO JOURNAL

    April 26, 2022 // Lowman Henry talks with Max Nelsen of the Freedom Foundation about questions surrounding labor unions receiving Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan/grants;

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    How did $1.2M in PPP loans get to Pennsylvania unions? Congressional Republicans want to know

    April 18, 2022 // The PPP loans were made quickly by the Small Business Administration in the early days of the pandemic to avoid mass layoffs. Yet the speed in which $800 billion of taxpayer money was doled out left the program liable to waste, fraud, and abuse. An NBC News investigation estimated the cost of fraud at $80 billion, or 10% of the overall fund. That’s in addition to a $900 billion COVID-19 relief fund that may have been defrauded of $90 billion-$400 billion.

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    Labor Unions Received $36.7M in PPP Loan Fraud

    February 3, 2022 // Labor unions that were deemed ineligible for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) received $36.7 million in fraudulent loans, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

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    California Union Uses Loophole To Pocket COVID Relief Funds, Labor Experts Say

    December 28, 2021 // UNITE HERE Local 11's nonprofit affiliate took PPP loans as it hired union staff

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