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Federal subsidies paid to dead farmers

11/25/09 Posted in Broadcast, CAR, Government (federal/state/local)

Stephen Stock of WFOR reported that as many as 1,399 Florida farmers who have been dead at least three years nonetheless received $55,051,857 in aid. “Working with help from the Environmental Working Group’s database experts, the CBS4 I-Team matched Federal Farm Bill recipients with people, birth dates, addresses and social security numbers found on the Social Security Administration’s death index.” A searchable database accompanies the story.

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