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UNCHURCHED EP 39 - Why We Rejected A $150,000 Stimulus Check From The Government

Salt Strong Fishing

Joe Simonds

Sports, Wilderness

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

I really struggled with this one... not only did this $150,000 COVID stimulus money feel like free money, I knew of numerous business owners who took the money to help grow their business. But at the end of the day, there was ONE thing that led me to turn it down...

Transcript

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0:00.0

This fish and it's in my soul.

0:05.0

Welcome to the Salt Strong Podcast.

0:08.0

Disrupting fishing entertainment as you know it.

0:11.0

Prepare to laugh.

0:12.0

Prepare to get to know fishing legends in a whole new and unfiltered way.

0:17.0

And on occasion, you might even learn a thing or two about fishing.

0:20.0

Here's your host, Joe Simons.

0:23.0

Like Diamonds.

0:25.0

Why we rejected $150,000 pretty much free money from the government.

0:32.0

Hi everyone, I am Joe Simons, one of the co-founders here at Salt Strong.

0:35.0

Welcome to another Unchurched.

0:38.0

In this episode, we are going to be talking about, I believe, an issue that many, many small businesses are facing.

0:46.0

I know for a fact, many have taken advantage of this.

0:50.0

You probably know for a fact and probably no people or companies.

0:53.0

Large and small that have taken advantage of this essentially free money that is going out to small businesses and large businesses from the US small business administration.

1:05.0

And this was really, really tough decision for me on a couple of levels.

1:11.0

And I'm just going to get very real with you guys and tell you why.

1:16.0

And so let me just back up to what happened if you aren't familiar.

1:20.0

If this whole coronavirus thing hit, you know, got real serious in March.

1:25.0

And then, you know, by April, there was already a stimulus package for small businesses that needed help.

1:32.0

But here's where there's a really gray area.

1:35.0

And I'm talking super gray.

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