http://rt.com/usa/us-subsidies-dead-farmers-820/
Millions of dollars have gone to farmers years after their death as
part of various farm safety net programs under the US Department of
Agriculture, according to a recent government audit.
Federal auditors who poured through the USDA’s crop insurance,
disaster assistance and conservation programs have found that
$36.6 million were disbursed to deceased recipients, according to
the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO).
The GAO report points to the biggest offender as the USDA’s Risk
Management Agency, which disburses crop insurance, as having
issued $22 million in subsidies one or two years after a
recipient’s death.
The report has been released ahead of meetings in the House and
Senate to hammer out a farm bill that may expand subsidies like
crop insurance, and casts doubts on the Agriculture Department’s
ability to weed out waste, fraud and abuse.
The GAO itself states that findings "may call into question whether these farm
safety net programs are benefiting the agricultural sector as
intended."
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