Saturday, January 18, 2014

Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don't actually farm

Van Boyette, a lobbyist living in Washington's pricey Palisades neighborhood, gets a farm subsidy. The former aide to legendary Sen. Russell Long, D-La., who lobbied to help the sugar industry keep its subsidies, got $186,761 in federal farm payments between 2004 and 2012 for growing corn, soybeans and other crops, and for land conservation. But he gets it because he owns farmland in six different Iowa counties.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/millions-in-farm-subsidies-flow-freely-to-dc-residents-who-dont-actually-farm/article/2542174?utm_campaign=Fox%20News&utm_source=foxnews.com&utm_medium=feed

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