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Michelle Legro
Michelle Legro

Apr 17, 2020

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Life in the Time of Coronavirus

I Own a Small Business. Trying to Get a Government Loan Is Its Own Crisis.

Applying for a payroll protection loan was stressful, confusing, and poorly timed. Then the government ran out of money.

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Michelle Legro

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Deputy Editor, GEN. Previously an editor for Topic, Longreads, The New Republic, and Lapham’s Quarterly. gen.medium.com

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