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Rich people are not the cause of a robust economy, they are the result of a robust economy. Ron Garret, Patriotic Millionaire and Angel Investor
While you got a measly one-time, $1,200 to survive on for months & small businesses shuttered their doors— Trump's family and friends got massive PPP loans that small businesses desperately needed.
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We're fighting to repeal a huge giveaway to 43,000 millionaires McConnell & friends slipped into the CARES Act.
@SenWhitehouse & @RepLloydDoggett introduced legislation.
@TeamPelosi repealed the #MillionairesGiveaway in the House.
Now we need you.
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