Nearly 28,000 Farmers Got USDA Payments for 32 Straight Years, Worth $19 Billion Total
Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Sat, 11/24/2018 - 1:56pmTalk about a ‘welfare’ program.
Nearly 28,000 Farmers Got USDA Payments for 32 Straight Years, Worth $19 Billion Total
Almost 28,000 U.S. farmers received taxpayer-funded federal farm subsidies or disaster relief payments for 32 straight years, according to a new EWG analysis of data from the Department of Agriculture. These recipients took in a total of more than $19 billion.
