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Most of the US’ $800 billion in paycheck protection funds went to the richest 20%

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A new paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research called the result “highly regressive” The program offered low-interest loans of up to $10 million to companies with fewer than 500 employees during the covid-19 pandemic.

But the first $510 billion in loans failed to distinguish recipients according to need.