The Republicunts Go Marie Antoinette One Better

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/us/pol....html?_r=0

WASHINGTON — The federal government pays millions of dollars in farm subsidies each year to farmers who have died, because the Agriculture Department lacks the proper controls to make sure the money it sends is going to the right people, a government audit has found.

You can bet the republicunts want to shrink government so that the Ag. Dept. does not get the resources, either.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06...od-stamps/

How Republicans Who Took Millions In Farm Subsidies Justify Cutting Food Stamps

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonk...subsidies/

This week, House Republicans passed a rather unusual farm bill. There was no money for food stamps for the poor, a program that typically makes up the bulk of these bills. But the House did manage to pass billions in subsidies for farmers and agribusinesses.