This articel and the show the article is about covers the scandal that Shirley Sherrod, from the O'keefe video is involved in.
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.co...tonight-on-fox-news-at-10pm-et/#ixzz1Hfohw1UH
From the article:
http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.co...tonight-on-fox-news-at-10pm-et/#ixzz1Hfohw1UH
From the article:
Want to get a check from the government for $50,000? If you’re black and willing to say you once “attempted to farm,” the money could be yours.
Why? In the 80’s and 90’s, some Black farmers were allegedly discriminated against by the Agriculture Department. Department loan officers supposedly did the opposite of what Shirley Sherrod was accused of: they granted government-subsidized farm loans to whites but not to blacks.
Government shouldn’t be giving out government subsidized loans to anyone. But that’s another story for another time.
When some black farmers sued, claiming discrimination, the USDA agreed to pay $50,000 to every black person who was discriminated against.
According to the census, there were 18,000 black farmers in the country when the lawsuit was filed. But 97,000 black “farmers” have applied for the money.
Despite the fraud, Congress approved $1billion in payments, and when that ran out, authorized another $1.25 billion dollars. Some victims of discrimination may benefit. But plenty of money will go to freeloaders.
And speaking of freeloaders, lots of money will go to lawyers: In the first round of $1 billion, Cross estimates, about $40 to $50 million was paid out to lawyers. We called the USDA to get an exact number, but spokeswoman Courtney Rowe said she couldn’t say how much had been paid to lawyers – that the Treasury Department had actually issued the checks, and to talk with them. A Treasury Department spokeswoman did not respond to our questions.
Read more: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.co...tonight-on-fox-news-at-10pm-et/#ixzz1HihbG6fg
Why? In the 80’s and 90’s, some Black farmers were allegedly discriminated against by the Agriculture Department. Department loan officers supposedly did the opposite of what Shirley Sherrod was accused of: they granted government-subsidized farm loans to whites but not to blacks.
Government shouldn’t be giving out government subsidized loans to anyone. But that’s another story for another time.
When some black farmers sued, claiming discrimination, the USDA agreed to pay $50,000 to every black person who was discriminated against.
According to the census, there were 18,000 black farmers in the country when the lawsuit was filed. But 97,000 black “farmers” have applied for the money.
Despite the fraud, Congress approved $1billion in payments, and when that ran out, authorized another $1.25 billion dollars. Some victims of discrimination may benefit. But plenty of money will go to freeloaders.
And speaking of freeloaders, lots of money will go to lawyers: In the first round of $1 billion, Cross estimates, about $40 to $50 million was paid out to lawyers. We called the USDA to get an exact number, but spokeswoman Courtney Rowe said she couldn’t say how much had been paid to lawyers – that the Treasury Department had actually issued the checks, and to talk with them. A Treasury Department spokeswoman did not respond to our questions.
Read more: http://stossel.blogs.foxbusiness.co...tonight-on-fox-news-at-10pm-et/#ixzz1HihbG6fg
