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D.C. Prep School Beloved by Dem Leaders Refuses to Return Gov’t Loan
Washington Free Beacon ^ | May 12, 2020 | Charles Fain Lehman

Posted on 05/13/2020 5:50:54 AM PDT by kevcol

Sidwell Friends School, a Quaker-affiliated independent school known for enrolling top lawmakers' children—including the daughters of former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama—accepted a $5.2 million loan under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Congress's bailout fund for small businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis.

The school, which brings in over $40 million in tuition annually, declined to give back the loan after Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin called on "private schools with significant endowments" to "return" PPP funds. In a letter to the community, the board of trustees cited its "fiduciary responsibilities" as well as "our Quaker values" in its decision to keep the money

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: covidfunds; elites; ppp; sidwellfriends; swamp; whiteprivilege
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To: Cowboy Bob

You are so right!

BUT, you misspelled LIEberal!

We should all spell LIEberal “LIEberal” because LIEberals LIE and we need to reinforce that truism in our written and spoken communications.

LIEberals LIE!


21 posted on 05/13/2020 6:43:21 AM PDT by Taxman ((We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!))
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To: Cowboy Bob

So true. All they think about is race and money.


22 posted on 05/13/2020 6:58:41 AM PDT by ncpatriot
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To: kevcol

The solution is simple. Remove any government funds normally given to this school until the loan is paid back.

Think of it as garnishing their wages like the gov does to people.


23 posted on 05/13/2020 7:12:13 AM PDT by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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To: alancarp

I believe these are “loans” that you don’t have to pay back. Yet again, screwing the taxpayers. What shameless rich leftist oafs.


24 posted on 05/13/2020 9:22:34 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: kevcol

That is criminal.


25 posted on 05/13/2020 2:06:15 PM PDT by boycott
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