This is the wrong take.
But again, the fault lies with the program’s architects, not its players.
Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
Don’t blame the drunk driver, blame the person who built the road. Blame the person who built the car. Blame the person who poured the drink.
I wish I could say I find it incredible that large publicly traded companies like Shake Shack, Ruth Chris Steakhouses, the Los Angeles Lakers, and a laundry list of energy and information technology companies with thousands of employees, millions in annual revenue and cash reserves, have the audacity to believe that they are “small business” and since the bill language doesn’t specifically spell out that they are ineligible, they apply for and end up receiving these loans that are intended to prop-up small businesses. No matter how many people they employ or how much value they provide, these large multi-million dollar companies shouldn’t receive this funding and they should be shamed.
On CNBC, Mark Cuban chimed in, saying that public companies that take federal loans under the PPP will “kill the brand.”
I’ve never ate at a Ruth Chris and probably won’t. While Shake Shack has vowed to return its $10 million loan, I may think twice about eating at their establishment again. And fuck the L.A. Lakers.
All of this is exposing how greedy and corrupt this system is.
