Germany: Fat Cats plunder corona state aid to pay shareholders

[Bleipriester]

That´s capitalism, how we know it. There´s always a new low, regardless of your expectations.

Paying dividends while receiving state aid – DW – 04/21/2020

The economic crisis wrought by COVID-19 has seen several German companies resort to using state aid to keep their employees paid. Yet some of those companies still plan on paying out billions to their shareholders.

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[sparky]

April 21 2020.

After a month of gubernatorial shutdown along with promises of relief , the smallest and most vulnerable businesses among us, the sole proprietor ,Type S ,or LLC have be witness to the state systematically introducing every bureaucratic means to disqualify us.

Column: The PPP is letting our small restaurants and businesses die

~S~

 

[occupied]

Maybe this mess will finally show people that "business friendly" politicians are not actually that friendly to businesses too small to give them substantial bribes donations.

 

[gipper]

It’s the American Way!

 

[Tommy Tainant]

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Denmark seem to have it right. Poland as well I believe.