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.
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
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/
And unsurprisingly billions of dollars disappeared shortly afterwards.
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