Hundreds of city slickers, wealthy beach bums received farm payments for 32 straight years
Story Date: 6/22/2018

 

Source: ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP, 6/21/18


EWG found that 245 people who have received taxpayer-funded farm subsidies or disaster payments for 32 straight years currently reside in the nation's 50 largest cities, according to an analysis of Department of Agriculture data.These individuals received a total of $52 million between 1985 and 2016, including six recipients who each collected more than $1 million.

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