Monday, November 24, 2008

No Oversight of Federal Farm Payments

Your tax dollars at work.

A sports team owner, a financial firm executive and residents of Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia were among 2,702 millionaire recipients of farm payments from 2003 to 2006 — and it’s not even clear they were legitimate farmers, congressional investigators reported Monday.

They probably were ineligible, but the Agriculture Department can’t confirm that, since officials never checked their incomes, the Government Accountability Office said.

Posted by Owen at 2220 hrs
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  1. Your party running the show.

    Posted by on November 25, 2008 at 0744 hrs


  2. another thing that can be cut from the budget. ATV do you think now that the dems will take all branches soon things will change?

    Posted by fishaddict on November 25, 2008 at 1131 hrs


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