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by JumpCrisscross 2243 days ago
> it's a restriction on the loan or even a restriction on conditions under which the loan will be forgiven without being paid back

I’m not sure the Fed has the power to do something like that. It’s a huge expansion in purview, particularly with adding forgiveness conditions, in which case it’s literally giving free money to private citizens without Congressional authorisation.