im Covid-Wirtschaftskrieg. Ein neues Paycheck-Protection-Programm (Staatsknete) sei dringend erforderlich - speziell für Kleingewerbe und Angestelle, die bislang zu den Krisenverlierern zählen.
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Small businesses have become ‘collateral damage,’ says Warren Buffett — he urges Congress to renew PPP program
Billionaire Warren Buffett on Tuesday used the bully pulpit that comes with being arguably the world’s best-known investor to urge U.S. lawmakers to drag an aid plan for hard-hit small businesses across the finish line.
In an interview with CNBC, the chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said a renewal of the Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP, was necessary to protect small businesses and their employees, who had become “collateral damage” in the effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
“When we went into World War II, a lot of industries were shut down — everything went to the defense production. Well, we’ve shut down a lot of people in this particular induced recession, and others are prospering,” Buffett said.
Negotiations on another economic relief package are ongoing Tuesday on Capitol Hill... Those measures include the politically popular PPP. The bipartisan proposal would revive the program with $300 billion available to establishments seeking a second round of aid. Also, the forgiveness process for loans of $150,000 or less would be simplified....