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            |  To the editor: Are you upset, 
			too? Did you get your PPP for your small business?  Most small businesses here in Lincoln/Logan County 
			did not.  A few of the wealthiest here in Lincoln did. But, 
			if you walk around the streets in Lincoln, Mount Pulaski, Atlanta 
			and see storefronts closed or empty, the original concept of PPPs 
			would have helped save your business.  But Trump's friends and large donors to his 
			presidential campaign did. Millions, thousands of dollars. When this 
			bill passed the House, it was designed to help real small, main 
			street businesses but after it staggered through the Senate, it 
			became one that benefited a chosen few. 
			 Here's just a few of the rich people who received 
			PPP's:  Betsy DeVos, 
 Kanye West,
 
 Reese Witherspoon,
 Jared Kurshner,  
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			 Secretary Elaine Chou (wife of Mitch McConnell).
			 Many right-leaning evangelical churches received 
			millions, 
 Paula White's (the President's pastoral counselor),
 Robert Jeffers (whose church hosted a Trump rally 
			in Texas),  Ralph Reed, Pat Robertson and the Church of 
			Scientology.  I must add that Nancy Pelosi's husband received 
			one for his hotel business. Many fast food and petroleum companies 
			received PPPs, too.  What's the common thread here? All were donors to 
			Trump's campaign.  So. small business owner, here in Lincoln and 
			Logan County, did you receive yours?
 Thank you,
 Rebecca Drake
 [Posted 
            
			July 11, 
			2020]
             
            
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