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Search PPP Loans by Zip Code
- zarie 2y agoAdded the lat and long to PPP Loan Data. Fun visual to show PPP Loans in your zip
- almosthere 2y agodamn, that is a lot of free money handed out. That map is what a trillion dollars looks like.
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- whoitwas 2y agoWhen's the investigation?
- mikeyouse 2y agoThe IRS has been investigating for years and secured at least 800 indictments.. I wonder if they’ll be defunded like all of the other arbitrary and self-destructive cuts across the government. https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-criminal-investigation-releases-updated-covid-fraud-statistics-on-4th-anniversary-of-cares-act-nearly-9-billion-investigated https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-criminal-investigation-rele...
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- YeBanKo 2y ago$755 billion was forgiven. That is roughly $2.5K per person, assuming US population of 300 million.
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- downrightmike 2y agoAlmost all the loan availability were spoken for within hours. The grifters got there first, and the people who really needed the help often got stiffed. The Catholic Church took PPP loans and used it to pay off all the lawsuits from their priests raping kids. https://www.wmlawyers.com/2020/07/sex-abuse-victims-outraged-over-catholic-church-receiving-pandemic-ppp-loans/ https://www.wmlawyers.com/2020/07/sex-abuse-victims-outraged...
- joenot443 2y agoI’d posit that $3.5m is a drop in the bucket when compared to the $600 _billion_ budget of the program itself. Linking to a law firm blog isn’t doing any favors if you’re trying to present yourself as objective here. It seems disingenuous and pretty transparently ideologically motivated to try and make a shaky connection to pastor abuse, truthfully I think you can do better.
- Dalewyn 2y ago>and the people who really needed the help often got stiffed. Just one anecdata, but we (family business) were "people who really needed the help" and got approved for PPP, both times. You needed to be fairly timely on applying because of the absurd demand, though. We had to file paperwork including our payroll, income/loss sheets and more with our bank (not SBA) who actually did most of the groundwork because any PPP loan not forgiven is on the bank's dime.
- asdasdsddd 2y agoHoly shit, what a scam...
- choilive 2y agogotta upgrade your tinybird plan ;)
- zarie 2y agooops
- bloomingkales 2y agoMatt Taibbi coined the term Griftopia. This problem needs to be investigated, but unfortunately it's being used as cover for larger crimes at the moment. It's important to maintain perspective here, as one side has an immediate need for this issue to act as a shield. I'm happy to handle this grift, but first I'd like the corrupt politicians out. Sadly we may be in a holding pattern until midterms or all the way until the next presidential elections. If Bush put us in a quagmire unknowingly, Trump is putting us in one deliberately. Anyway, just randomly looking at one zip code in Manhattan: $237,559,093.66 (total loans). I don't know the answers.
- jcbe 2y agoGreat tool. I recognize at least three names in my neighborhood who received money for a new single member LLC
- azinman2 2y agoI saw one address where it looked like every family member got a loan. Pretty crazy.
- jackstraw14 2y agoI found one address nearby that has a "Christian Ministries" listed at the top and 28 business and individual names below it, 1 loan each.
- bt3 2y agoI immediately noticed this as well. In many cases, they weren't even LLCs, just names. Maybe my memory is hazy from that period, but I don't recall the clear call to action to request five-figure loans as an individual, (almost) all of which appear forgiven.
- jackstraw14 2y agoI looked for my family's businesses and other old friends and didn't find any of them. Texted my parents about this and they sound as surprised as me, and they have had a small local business for about a decade before Covid. My mom wasn't even aware that they would be eligible. And yet I see individuals, and others in my hometown whose businesses consist of only them and possibly one other person (likely part-time) made out with tens of thousands of dollars, all forgiven. Self-employed and sole proprietorships even. One family who I was always suspicious about how they always had whatever disposable money was needed for anything (the primary income was a local vending machine business) got $187k in this, according to this site. All forgiven.
- jmyeet 2y agoJust remember, it's only ever a moral hazard when the government gives money to poor people. The wealthy will not only never turn down free money from the government, they will lobby for it and demand it.
- elashri 2y ago$755B was forgiven. I know that there are many benefits for this program but I cannot resist comparing this with the NSF budget. This is equal to about 75.5 years of the current NSF budget (assuming constant budget but unlikely as there is planned deep cuts). If we assume that the budget will increase 5% to adjust for inflation (unlikely too) then that would about 32yrs. Not that I'm comparing in absolute usefulness. I just don't understand why this particular item in the budget making all this noise while comparing to the vast majority of programs is peanuts.
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- moshun 2y agoIt’s hard to imagine that people really believe world leadership in science is just a meaningless line item to be culled to make political points, but here we are. It will definitely be worth it to someone in the long run, but undoubtedly not the American people.
- Dalewyn 2y agoOur budget, all of it, needs an audit, the people have complained about government waste and demanded an audit for ages. We are finally getting that long desired audit. Spread the entire budget out, all expenses line by line for all to see, and may they survive or be culled based solely upon their merits in the eyes of the American people. If the NSF's expenses are justifiable, demonstrate it in witness of the American people like any other line item. So to use some choice words from our Vice President: "I don't really care." I don't want my taxes wasted on bullshit and I think most Americans agree with me. And if you're against audits, I have to wonder what your motives actually are.
- ok_dad 2y agoSo how about his tax plan that’ll increase debt by trillions per year over the next decade? Think that’s smart too? Anyways, this isn’t an audit, and it’s certainly not open. A billionaire and several interns are behind closed doors picking things, NOT the American people. I don’t get why you’re ignoring that, everything Trump is doing points to capturing the government as a techno-oligarchy, not balancing the budget like you claim. I simply don’t understand why you’re ignoring the evidence of your own eyes and ears and actually believing the crap these traitors are saying.
- WD-42 2y agoI found a painting company in my area that received $91,115.00 wtf...
- Mainsail 2y agoTIL I investment firms received loans. Just noticed one here in Boulder.
- geor9e 2y agoFeature Request: I really wish there was a button to use the zip code where I'm looking on the map. I don't have zip codes memorized. So I see a bunch of pins around the zip code of my childhood home and then the rest of the map is blank. My only option is to open google maps in another window and copy paste zip codes back and forth. Cool website though - despite the effort to navigate I'm finding a lot out.
- chrisbrandow 2y agoI for one remain incredibly grateful that they shoveled money out the door, and imperfectly helped lots of small businesses provide some cash to some employees. If they had sat around worrying about the critics or trying to prevent any possible fraud before sending out the money, everything in our country would have frozen up that much more.
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- mlsu 2y agoThey could have just cut anyone who filed a W2 a check, paid to the same account (or address) as last year's IRS tax refund for that filer. It would have been even easier, more equitable, and certainly less fraudulent than this program. They probably would have seen a bump in late tax filings, too, getting more people onto the tax rolls. It was extremely disheartening to see the way this program was applied. I can't think of any decent reason why the money had to pass through the hands of the employer first.
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- antifa 2y ago> I can't think of any decent reason why the money had to pass through the hands of the employer first. Feudalism.
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- ed4bb9fb7c 2y agoI can’t believe there were only 3 loans in San Francisco. But one of them is a whopping $661,500.00 to a cloud communications company. Such a joke! Covid ruined our local family business. We didn’t see a cent despite applying left and right.
- r3nruturnEr 2y agoWay more, the tool seems to just show a few options until you open the filters and select “search this area.”
- nextworddev 2y agoWhat can you reasonably do with this info
- zarie 2y agoLocal marketing? idk, just thought it was neat to put it on a map. I find it interesting to see the businesses that people in my neighborhood are running
- binary_slinger 2y agoMany sole proprietorships registered and individuals in my area have these loans. I suspect this was a major contributor to inflation. For example, a neighbor who owns several franchised restaurants received a few million in PPP loans. But during COVID he also bought a Cirrus Vision Jet. Very suspicious. The PPP loan program is a borrower self-certified program. Meaning the gov't did absolutely nothing to ensure funds actually went to payroll.
- buttercraft 2y agoIn my area, US attorneys recently went after someone for misuse of PPP money and got a judgemental against him. The person who turned him in got a big, fat reward.
- timeflex 2y agoFound 2 million by my apartment complex forgiven. They've done nothing since but raise rents & built 450 new units that has made my apartment sound like a war zone for the last 2 years.
- trashface 2y agoSo many loans in my small town! Since covid it seems like there is so much new money in the town, I guess now I know where it came from. No way all this was spent on legitimate payroll. I had an LLC but didn't get a loan, I feel like a sucker but, at least I don't feel dirty.
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- kenferry 2y agoYou know… I'm grateful that they moved quickly and decisively to bridge businesses through that time. We'd all be worse off without this having happened. I'm willing to accept a certain amount of waste for the importance of speed.
- kyrra 2y agoLots of people are blaming Trump for the abuse of those back in 2020. Let's not forget Congress played a role here (where Dems controlled the House). They passed the spending bill here. Meaning they are also responsible here. Congress controls the purse. They set the rules. Also, let's not forget that businesses were forced shut down and everyone was crying that they were going to lose their business. If the government had spent the time to vet all these loans, there is no way they would have actually gotten the money out the door. There was a known calculus at the time that there would be fraud. But many businesses were in a rough spot and needed money.
- jackstraw14 2y agoThis is the best display of this data that I've seen so far, thanks for sharing OP. Truly wild seeing so many names of people I know raked in cash this way. Makes me start to understand where their seemingly endless money came from sometimes.
- theGnuMe 2y agoA bunch of landscaping companies near me got ppp loans all of whom kept working during covid.
- mrguyorama 2y agoIt's so telling. My small city shows hundreds of genuine small businesses who got loans on the order of ten thousand dollars to one small business getting $800. It's great. All these places were struggling during the pandemic and absolutely were helped with it, and half a million dollars doesn't disrupt our local economy that much. Until you see it. A high end barber shop specializing in giving guys whiskey while they get haircuts employing like three people got $100k. A company that turns used sails into handbags got $1 million. An ancient seafood restaurant on the waterfront got $1 million. Our city's busiest diner got $800k. An S Corp called "capital servicing Inc" got $300k A small office of architects got $300k Flatbread Pizza company got $540k The niche upperclass restaurant my girlfriend and I have reservations for valentines day for: $500k The """acquisition""" company next door: $300k I want to be clear here. For most of these big ticket loans, there is an equivalent sized loan to a genuine establishment that employs a lot of people. So many tiny loans to so many people who probably applied for an extremely reserved amount of money, "just to get by". All the businesses run by literal immigrants who asked for pittances, just so they could pay rent and keep operating as things evolved. But holy fuck. This is like 50% grift. One stupidly oversized loan to a business that employs three people completely outclasses the hundred tiny loans to hardworking people. But no, it's those on welfare who are the problem. It's those who have nowhere to legally sleep that are the problem. It's poor people buying chips with SNAP that are the problem. It's grants for science that are the problem. I feel it's worth noting: This is how America has done everything though. There's ALWAYS been 50% grift in everything we do. We needed a railroad. Instead of building it like a public good, we gave away tons of land for free to the railroad companies as incentive to build the railroads, which allowed them to keep all the power in their hands, instead of being a public good that all companies could use. When Pons and Fleischman thought they had invented cold fusion, they publicly thought they could find a way to spend maybe $1 million to further their research and really confirm if it was the real deal. Their University turned around and asked congress for $25 million. Before anyone had even replicated meaningful results. Nobody does pork like the US.