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BigmanPigman

(51,636 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:11 PM Jul 2020

HA! Ayn Rand Institute received PPP $$$ along with Kenye West

The Ayn Rand Institute received a PPP loan of between $350K and $1 million. West received between $2 million and $5 million (His net worth is $1.3 billion).

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kanye-west-yeezy-brand-ppp-loans/

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HA! Ayn Rand Institute received PPP $$$ along with Kenye West (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2020 OP

They should pull themselves up by their bootstraps Walleye Jul 2020 #1

Freeloaders! Cha Jul 2020 #2

Sucking on that safeinOhio Jul 2020 #3

What did Atlas have to say? BGBD Jul 2020 #4

Atlas just shrugged trc Jul 2020 #5

Well, to be fair, TDale313 Jul 2020 #6

They got the fountainhead of funding! Newest Reality Jul 2020 #7

Sure looks like Kanye unfairly benefited C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #8

It's the "new" GOP math. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #9

That is what capitalism has become. Do you still hate socialism so much? rusty quoin Jul 2020 #10

Walleye

(31,062 posts)

1. They should pull themselves up by their bootstraps

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Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:20 PM

Jul 2020

Cha

(297,733 posts)

2. Freeloaders!

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Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:23 PM

Jul 2020

safeinOhio

(32,729 posts)

3. Sucking on that

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Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:23 PM

Jul 2020

Gov tit?
That’s rich.

BGBD

(3,282 posts)

4. What did Atlas have to say?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:29 PM

Jul 2020

Amazing how anti-tax people are, but they are the first in line begging for government money.

trc

(823 posts)

5. Atlas just shrugged

Reply to BGBD (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:32 PM

Jul 2020

TDale313

(7,820 posts)

6. Well, to be fair,

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:39 PM

Jul 2020

That’s one of the most Ayn Randian things I’ve ever heard. “Damn socialism. Where’s my social security check?”

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)

7. They got the fountainhead of funding!

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Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:54 PM

Jul 2020

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)

8. Sure looks like Kanye unfairly benefited

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:54 PM

Jul 2020

Yeezy has at best 100 employees, yet received $2-5M in assistance. Do the numbers add up?

BigmanPigman

(51,636 posts)

9. It's the "new" GOP math.

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #8)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 10:56 PM

Jul 2020

Follows along with their Covid math too.

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)

10. That is what capitalism has become. Do you still hate socialism so much?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Mon Jul 6, 2020, 11:05 PM

Jul 2020

And remember that when I say that, it’s not complete capitalism vs complete socialism. We already have complete capitalism. Shouldn’t we have more socialism to check that?

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