USDA sent $1.1B to deceased farmersDoesn't that just give you the warm-fuzzies?
AP - Mon Jul 23, 7:04 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6
WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department sent $1.1 billion in farm payments to more than 170,000 dead people over a seven-year period, congressional investigators say.
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It's bad enough the government pays subsidies to farmers to not grow some crops. But to keep paying them after they're dead too?
Sweet.
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2 comments:
When I heard this I was tempted to plant a garden, open a Swiss bank account for my relatives, and then commit suicide at harvest time.
Then my family could just wait for the dollars to come rolling in.
It could happen.
I don't see why not!
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