Its looking like some wind is getting back in the sails.
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March 10, 2021 05:28 PM |
Restaurants finally get relief
The money earmarked in the Biden stimulus package addresses one of the most visible manifestations of the pandemic’s economic toll.
JOE NOCERA
Bloomberg Opinion
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Fast-forward a few months. In the latest relief package, President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, which will likely be signed into law by the end of the week, the airlines will receive an additional $15 billion, bringing their total to $81 billion. But guess what? This time, the restaurant industry got some help as well: $28.6 billion. It comes a year into the pandemic, after more than
110,000 restaurants have closed permanently, and it isn’t nearly as much as the industry hoped for. But it’s much better than nothing.
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