I certainly don’t begrudge the Raleigh consultants who took PPP relief during the pandemic.

If they’d gone under, the economic consequences could have been devastating for certain Capital City watering holes, fine dining establishments and upscale clothing stores.

Danielle Battaglia revealed the deals in The News & Observer (“How US allowed pandemic relief to go to NC companies involved in politics and lobbying”).

I was glad to see that a spirit of bipartisanship still lives in Raleigh. Republicans and Democrats alike took the loans.

I was amused that Republican consultants who bash the big-spending federal government with one hand took the federal bailout with the other.

The loans were forgiven. Will Republicans also support student-loan forgiveness?

For the record, I didn’t ask for or get a PPP loan.

As fiscal conservatives say, I’m a taxpayer, not a tax-eater.

Except for my Medicare and Social Security.

Which Republicans want to take away.