“Elected officials wonder why the people don’t trust government. Here’s why: we take money from businesses, maybe sincerely… but when we find out it’s wrong, the government says ‘we’re not giving it back, we’re going to keep it.’ We’ve got to do right by the people if we expect them to respect government. Let’s just do the right thing.” — Senator Dan Sullivan on returning COVID-19 fines back to small businesses.
