As much as 10 percent of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID-19 relief aid may have been lost to fraud and waste. A new analysis of COVID relief spending by the Associated Press estimates fraudsters collected more than $283 billion while another $120 billion was wasted or misspent. The news outlet…
10 Percent of $4.2 Trillion US COVID Relief Was Lost to Fraud and Waste: Report
10 Percent of $4.2 Trillion US COVID Relief Was Lost to Fraud, Waste: Report
As much as 10 percent of the $4.2 trillion the U.S. government has disbursed in COVID-19 relief aid may have been lost to fraud and waste. A new analysis of COVID relief spending by The Associated Press estimates that fraudsters collected more than $283 billion, while another $120 billion was wasted or misspent. The news…
‘Trick on Taxpayers’ Outlines Questionable Projects Funded by COVID-19 Relief
More and more federally funded, controversial projects that came as part of pandemic-relief spending passed by Congress are coming to light, and few of them do not have anything to do with COVID-19. Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual breakdown of the last year’s “nightmarish” federal spending in honor of Halloween. The report highlights…
Retraining the Brain to Treat Chronic Back Pain
More than 25 million people in the U.S. live with chronic pain. This is pain that lasts for more than three months. The most common type of chronic pain is chronic back pain. Often, no physical cause for this pain can be found. In these cases, it may stem from brain changes that persist after…
US Restaurants Ask Congress for More Funding to Survive in Uncertain Times
Nearly 200,000 restaurants are in danger of closing permanently, according to the Independent Restaurant Coalition (IRC), an organization formed by chefs and independent restaurant owners nationwide who began a grassroots movement to help the nation’s 500,000 independent restaurants and more than 11 million restaurant workers impacted by the pandemic. “COVID-19 has eradicated the overall appeal…
California at Risk of Losing Billions of Dollars in Emergency Rental Funding: State Auditor
The California state auditor revealed the state is at risk of losing billions of dollars in emergency rental funding as the deadline to send funds to applicants approaches. “In August 2020, we designated the State’s management of federal COVID-19 funds as high risk after concluding that the likelihood of mismanagement of these funds is great…
Biden Admin Reverses Trump Policy, Grants COVID Aid to Illegal Immigrants, International Students
In a reversal of a Trump-era policy over the distribution of federal grants supporting college students during the pandemic, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that illegal immigrants and international students will also receive the relief checks. Those students, along with refugees and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients, are now able to…
Senate Democrats Reach Deal on Jobless Benefits, Tax Breaks
Senate Democrats late Friday reached a compromise agreement among themselves on tax breaks and unemployment benefits in the $1.9 trillion bill, enabling them to move forward with the proposal. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced in a statement: “We have reached a compromise that enables the economy to rebound quickly while also protecting those receiving unemployment benefits…
Nearly Half of COVID-19 Relief Package Being Diverted to Non-Pandemic Priorities: Think Tank
The Committee for Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) said in their policy analysis of the House’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, details of the legislation indicate a trend of funds being rerouted to non-pandemic priorities, which are unrelated to providing relief. “The goal of COVID relief is to end the pandemic, protect incomes, and support the…
Biden’s Education Relief Plan Sees Small Fraction Going to Schools In 2021: CBO
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan allocates $128.6 billion over the next ten years toward helping K-12 public schools cope with COVID-19, although just $6 billion of that will be spent in 2021. A cost estimate (pdf) based on budget reconciliation recommendations of the House Committee on Education and Labor, prepared by the nonpartisan…
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