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Long live private equity! Down with banksters at big banks who took [[Financial Crisis of 2008|Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) money]] at taxpayers' expense! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:23, June 15, 2023 (EDT) | Long live private equity! Down with banksters at big banks who took [[Financial Crisis of 2008|Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) money]] at taxpayers' expense! [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:23, June 15, 2023 (EDT) | ||
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| + | == Donald Trump funded his social media company Truth Social via private equity == | ||
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| + | "When former President Donald Trump’s fledgling social media company and its merger partner announced in December that they had secured $1 billion in additional private funds for the deal, it set off speculation about the identities of the investors. | ||
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| + | Who were the roughly three dozen investors betting on the success of the former president’s new company? Were they big Wall Street names? Political supporters of Trump? Technology and media funds sold on the promise of a right-wing alternative to Twitter?"[https://www.seattletimes.com/business/here-are-the-investors-putting-1-billion-into-trump-media/] [[User:Conservative|Conservative]] ([[User talk:Conservative|talk]]) 19:30, June 15, 2023 (EDT) | ||
Revision as of 23:30, June 15, 2023
50% of all business loans are done through private equity. Many banks are not lending to small businesses. And private equity was a needed as a source of loans to small businesses during the pandemic and its lockdowns.
Long live private equity! Down with banksters at big banks who took Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) money at taxpayers' expense! Conservative (talk) 19:23, June 15, 2023 (EDT)
Donald Trump funded his social media company Truth Social via private equity
"When former President Donald Trump’s fledgling social media company and its merger partner announced in December that they had secured $1 billion in additional private funds for the deal, it set off speculation about the identities of the investors.
Who were the roughly three dozen investors betting on the success of the former president’s new company? Were they big Wall Street names? Political supporters of Trump? Technology and media funds sold on the promise of a right-wing alternative to Twitter?"[1] Conservative (talk) 19:30, June 15, 2023 (EDT)